transitive verb

1. Obsolete to transfer property to (an heir)
2. 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