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Definitions for Inheriting
[1] to take or receive (property, a right, a title, etc.) by succession or will, as an heir: to inherit the family business.
[2] to receive as if by succession from predecessors: the problems the new government inherited from its predecessors.
[3] to receive (a genetic character) by the transmission of hereditary factors.
[4] to succeed (a person) as heir.
[5] to receive as one's portion; come into possession of: to inherit his brother's old clothes.
[6] to take or receive property or the like by virtue of being heir to it.
[7] to receive qualities, powers, duties, etc., as by inheritance (followed by from ).
[8] to have succession as heir.
[9] to receive (property, a right, title, etc) by succession or under a will
[10] (intr) to succeed as heir
[11] (tr) to possess (a characteristic) through genetic transmission
[12] (tr) to receive (a position, attitude, property, etc) from a predecessor
Words related to Inheriting
inheritderive, receive, acquire, obtain, succeed, accede, get
Words nearby Inheriting
inheritinhere, inherence, inherency, inherent, inherent immunity, inherit, inheritable, inheritance, inheritance tax, inherited character, inheritor
Origin of Inheriting
1275–1325; Middle English en(h)erit(i)en < Middle French enheriter < Late Latin inhērēditāre to make heir. See in-3, hereditary
Other words from Inheriting
half-in·her·it·ed , adjective
non·in·her·it·ed , adjective
pre·in·her·it , verb (used with object)
qua·si-in·her·it·ed , adjective
re·in·her·it , verb
un·in·her·it·ed , adjective
Word origin for Inheriting
C14: from Old French enheriter, from Late Latin inhērēditāre to appoint an heir, from Latin hērēs heir
Synonyms for Inheriting
acquire, derive, obtain, receive, succeed, take over, accede, get, be bequeathed, be granted, be left, come in for, come into, fall heir