Definition of inherit

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Inherit (v. t.) To put in possession of.

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Heir :: Heir (v. t.) To inherit; to succeed to.
Inheritable :: Inheritable (a.) Capable of being inherited; transmissible or descendible; as, an inheritable estate or title..
Hereditably :: Hereditably (adv.) By inheritance.
Descent :: Descent (n.) Transmission of an estate by inheritance, usually, but not necessarily, in the descending line; title to inherit an estate by reason of consanguinity..
Parcener :: Parcener (n.) A coheir, or one of two or more persons to whom an estate of inheritance descends jointly, and by whom it is held as one estate..
Exhereditation :: Exhereditation (n.) A disinheriting; disherison.
Heritage :: Heritage (a.) That which is inherited, or passes from heir to heir; inheritance..
Abdicate :: Abdicate (v. t.) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit..
Lineal :: Lineal (a.) Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to).
Inheritable :: Inheritable (a.) Capable of being transmitted from parent to child; as, inheritable qualities or infirmities..
Heritable :: Heritable (a.) Capable of being inherited or of passing by inheritance; inheritable.
Inheritance :: Inheritance (n.) A perpetual or continuing right which a man and his heirs have to an estate; an estate which a man has by descent as heir to another, or which he may transmit to another as his heir; an estate derived from an ancestor to an heir in course of law..
Birth :: Birth (n.) The condition to which a person is born; natural state or position; inherited disposition or tendency.
Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) Acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement..
Inherited :: Inherited (imp. & p. p.) of Inheri.
Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) To acquire by any means except descent or inheritance.
Hereditable :: Hereditable (a.) Qualified to inherit; capable of inheriting.
Coheir :: Coheir (n.) A joint heir; one of two or more heirs; one of several entitled to an inheritance.
Coheiress :: Coheiress (n.) A female heir who inherits with other heiresses; a joint heiress.
Coinheritor :: Coinheritor (n.) A coheir.
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