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in·herit (in her′it)

transitive verb

  1. Obsolete to transfer property to (an heir)
    1. to receive (an ancestor's property, title, etc.) by the laws of inheritance upon the ancestor's death
    2. to receive (property) by bequest
  3. to receive as if by inheritance from a predecessor
  4. to have (certain characteristics) by heredity

Etymology: ME enheriten < OFr enheriter < LL inhereditare, to appoint as heir, inherit < L in, in + heres, heir

intransitive verb

to receive an inheritance; become an heir

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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