inheriting

present participle and gerund of inherit

(transitive) To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.
(intransitive, transitive) To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.
(transitive) To take possession of as a right (especially in Biblical translations).
(transitive) To receive a characteristic from one's ancestors by genetic transmission.
(transitive) To derive from people or conditions previously in force.
(transitive) To derive (existing functionality) from a superclass.
(transitive) To derive a new class from (a superclass).
(obsolete, transitive) To put in possession of.