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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Inheritable \In*her"it*a*ble\, a. 1. Capable of being inherited; transmissible or descendible; as an inheritable estate or title. --Blackstone. 2. Capable of being transmitted from parent to child; as inheritable qualities or infirmities. 3. [Cf. OF enheritable, inheritable.] Capable of taking by inheritance, or of receiving by descent; capable of succeeding to as an heir. By attainder . . . the blood of the person attainted is so corrupted as to be rendered no longer inheritable. --Blackstone. The eldest daughter of the king is also alone inheritable to the crown on failure of issue male. --Blackstone. {Inheritable blood}, blood or relationship by which a person becomes qualified to be an heir, or to transmit possessions by inheritance. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: inheritable adj : that can be inherited; "inheritable traits such as eye color"; "an inheritable title" [syn: {heritable}] [ant: {noninheritable}]
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