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  3. Inherited Definition

Inherited Definition

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verb

Simple past tense and past participle of inherit.

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adjective

Obtained via an inheritance.

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Synonyms:
  • Synonyms:
  • transmissible
  • hereditary
  • transmitted
  • genetic
  • familial
  • congenital
  • native
  • innate
  • inborn
  • patrimonial
  • ancestral

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Words Starting With

IININH

Words Ending With

DEDTED

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  • inheritor
  • inheritress
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