- 1. a. Descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law; received or passing by inheritance, or that must pass by inheritance; as, an hereditary estate or crown. Source: opted
- 2. a. Transmitted, or capable of being transmitted, as a constitutional quality or condition from a parent to a child; as, hereditary pride, bravery, disease. Source: opted
- 3. adj. occurring among members of a family usually by heredity Source: wordnet
- 4. adj. inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent Source: wordnet
- 5. 1. Descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law; received or passing by inheritance, or that must pass by inheritance; as, an hereditary estate or crown. 2. Transmitted, or capable of being transmitted, as a constitutional quality or condition from a parent to a child; as, hereditary pride, bravery, disease. Syn. -- Ancestral; patrimonial; inheritable. Source: webster
- 6. j:100 s occurring among members of a family usually by heredity s inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent Source: ecdict
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