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2 definitions found 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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