Thesaurus: inherit

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1. v. t. To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by inheritance; to take as heir on the death of an ancestor or other person to whose estate one succeeds; to receive as a right or title descendible by law from an ancestor at his decease; as, the heir inherits the land or real estate of his father; the eldest son of a nobleman inherits his father's title; the eldest son of a king inherits the crown.
2. v. t. To receive or take by birth; to have by nature; to derive or acquire from ancestors, as mental or physical qualities; as, he inherits a strong constitution, a tendency to disease, etc.
3. v. t. To come into possession of; to possess; to own; to enjoy as a possession.
4. v. t. To put in possession of.
5. v. i. To take or hold a possession, property, estate, or rights by inheritance.
6. v. obtain from someone after their death
7. v. receive from a predecessor
8. v. receive by genetic transmission
9. 1. (Law) To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by inheritance; to take as heir on the death of an ancestor or other person to whose estate one succeeds; to receive as a right or title descendible by law from an ancestor at his decease; as, the heir inherits the land or real estate of his father; the eldest son of a nobleman inherits his father's title; the eldest son of a king inherits the crown. 2. To receive or take by birth; to have by nature; to derive or acquire from ancestors, as mental or physical qualities; as, he inherits a strong constitution, a tendency to disease, etc. Prince Harry is valiant; for the cold blood he did naturally inherit of his father he hath . . . manured . . . with good store of fertile sherris. Shak. 3. To come into possession of; to possess; to own; to enjoy as a possession. But the meek shall inherit the earth. Ps. xxxvii. 11. To bury so much gold under a tree, And never after to inherit it. Shak. 4. To put in possession of. [R.] Shak. To take or hold a possession, property, estate, or rights by inheritance. Thou shalt not inherit our father's house. Judg. xi. 2.
10. To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by inheritance; totake as heir on the death of an ancestor or other person to whoseestate one succeeds; to receive as a right or title descendible bylaw from an ancestor at his decease; as, the heir inherits the landor real estate of his father; the eldest son of a nobleman inheritshis father's title; the eldest son of a king inherits the crown.
11. v:100 v. obtain from someone after their death v. receive from a predecessor v. receive by genetic transmission