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obtain from someone after their death; "I inherited a castle from my French grandparents"

receive by genetic transmission; "I inherited my good eyesight from my mother"

obtain from someone after their death; "I inherited a castle from my French grandparents"

receive by genetic transmission; "I inherited my good eyesight from my mother"

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.

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.

To put in possession of.

To take or hold a possession, property, estate, or rights by inheritance.

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.

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.

To put in possession of.

To take or hold a possession, property, estate, or rights by inheritance.

To receive property from someone who has died. Traditionally, the word "inherit" applied only when one received property from a relative who died without a will. Currently, however, the word is used whenever someone receives property from the estate of a deceased person.

To possses from an ancestor by right of succession; receive by nature from one's ancestors; to receive by birth.

To come into possession of property as the heir.

Inheritable.

Inheritable.

To receive by descent; be endowed with; receive property by inheritance.

To take as heir or by descent from an ancestor: to possess.

To enjoy, as property.