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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inherit \In*her"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inherited}; p. pr &
vb n. {Inheriting}.] [OE. enheriten to inherit, to give a
heritage to OF enheriter to appoint as an heir, L.
inhereditare pref. in- in + hereditare to inherit, fr heres
heir. See {Heir}.]
1. (Law) To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by
inheritance; to take as heir on the death of an ancestor
or other person to whose estate one succeeds; to receive
as a right or title descendible by law from an ancestor at
his decease; as the heir inherits the land or real estate
of his father; the eldest son of a nobleman inherits his
father's title; the eldest son of a king inherits the
crown.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
inherited
adj : tending to occur among members of a family usually by
heredity; "an inherited disease"; "familial traits";
"genetically transmitted features" [syn: {familial}, {genetic},
{hereditary}, {transmitted}, {transmissible}]
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