inherit
To receive property, a title, etc., by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.
Example
“After Grandad died, I inherited the house.”
Other meanings
To come into an inheritance.
To take possession of as a right (especially in Biblical translations).
“Your descendants will inherit the earth.”
Related words
- classical inheritance
- coinheritance
- coinherit
- coinheritor
- composition over inheritance
- disinherit
- disinheritance
- disinheriting
- disinheritor
- inheritability
- inheritable
- inheritableness
Word history
From Latin "inhereditare" (make heir).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “inherit” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.