inherited
Meaning
-
simple past and past participle of inherit
Frequency
Hyphenated as
in‧her‧it‧ed
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪnˈhɛɹɪtɪd/
New
inherit
- 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.
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