inherit

verbcommon in dialogue

//ɪnˈhɛɹɪt//

To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest, usually after the previous owner's death.

verb

1
To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest, usually after the previous owner's death.
After Grandad died, I inherited the house.
‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’
When we took office, we inherited a total catastrophe.
2
To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest, usually after the previous owner's death. To come into an inheritance.
Lucky old Daniel – his grandfather died rich, and he's inherited.
3
To take possession of as a right (especially in Biblical translations).
Your descendants will inherit the earth.
4
To receive a characteristic from one's ancestors by genetic transmission.
Let's hope the baby inherits his mother's looks and his father's intelligence.
5
To derive from people or conditions previously in force.
This country has inherited an invidious class culture.
6
To derive (existing functionality) from a superclass.
ModalWindow inherits all the properties and methods of Window.
7
To derive a new class from (a superclass).
For example, the following two code segments, from different assemblies, show how easy it is to inherit a class from another assembly.
8
obsoleteTo put in possession of.
This, or else nothing, will inherit her

Etymology

From Middle English enheriten, from Old French enheriter, from Late Latin inhereditare (“make heir”). Displaced native Old English ierfan.

Forms

past tense: inherited
past participle: inherited
present participle: inheriting
third person singular: inherits

inhale · To draw air into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by…inhaler · One who inhales.inhaling · inhalation

inherit · To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest, usually after the previous owner's death.

inheritance · The passing of title to an estate upon death.inherited · Obtained via an inheritance inhuman · Of or pertaining to inhumanity and the indifferently cruel,…

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