Definition of inherit

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Inherit (v. t.) To come into possession of; to possess; to own; to enjoy as a possession.

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Exheredation :: Exheredation (n.) A disinheriting; disherisor.
Inherit :: Inherit (v. t.) To come into possession of; to possess; to own; to enjoy as a possession.
Forisfamiliate :: Forisfamiliate (v. i.) To renounce a legal title to a further share of paternal inheritance.
Heritable :: Heritable (a.) Capable of inheriting or receiving by inheritance.
Disherit :: Disherit (v. t.) To disinherit; to cut off, or detain, from the possession or enjoyment of an inheritance..
Nobility :: Nobility (n.) The state of being of high rank or noble birth; patrician dignity; antiquity of family; distinction by rank, station, or title, whether inherited or conferred..
Constitution :: Constitution (n.) The aggregate of all one's inherited physical qualities; the aggregate of the vital powers of an individual, with reference to ability to endure hardship, resist disease, etc.; as, a robust constitution..
Exhereditation :: Exhereditation (n.) A disinheriting; disherison.
Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to make an excessive use of; as, to abuse one's authority..
Partible :: Partible (a.) Admitting of being parted; divisible; separable; susceptible of severance or partition; as, an estate of inheritance may be partible..
Inheritance :: Inheritance (n.) Possession; ownership; acquisition.
Heirship :: Heirship (n.) The state, character, or privileges of an heir; right of inheriting..
Succeed :: Succeed (v. t.) To fall heir to; to inherit.
Secundo-geniture :: Secundo-geniture (n.) A right of inheritance belonging to a second son; a property or possession so inherited.
Perigenesis :: Perigenesis (n.) A theory which explains inheritance by the transmission of the type of growth force possessed by one generation to another.
Inheritrix :: Inheritrix (n.) Same as Inheritress.
Entrance :: Entrance (n.) The act of entering or going into; ingress; as, the entrance of a person into a house or an apartment; hence, the act of taking possession, as of property, or of office; as, the entrance of an heir upon his inheritance, or of a magistrate into office..
Disinherit :: Disinherit (v. t.) To deprive of heritage; to dispossess.
Abdicate :: Abdicate (v. t.) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit..
Freeborn :: Freeborn (a.) Born free; not born in vassalage; inheriting freedom.
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