inherit
Meaning
- To take possession of as a right (especially in Biblical translations).
- To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.
- To receive a characteristic from one's ancestors by genetic transmission.
- To derive from people or conditions previously in force.
- To come into an inheritance.
- To derive (existing functionality) from a superclass.
- To derive a new class from (a superclass).
- (obsolete) To put in possession of.
Synonyms
succeed to
carry on from
fall heir to
take the place of
come into money
be heir to
take over by transfer
receive a legacy
be born with
be natural to
know by instinct
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪnˈhɛɹɪt/
Etymology
From Middle English enheriten, from Old French enheriter, from Late Latin inhereditare (“make heir”). Displaced native Old English ierfan.
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