transitive verb
- Obsolete to transfer property to (an heir)
- to receive (an ancestor's property, title, etc.) by the laws of inheritance upon the ancestor's death
- to receive (property) by bequest
- to receive as if by inheritance from a predecessor
- to have (certain characteristics) by heredity
Origin:
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