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Showing words for INHERITING using the English dictionary

10 Letter Words for Inheriting

inheriting

8 Letter Words for Inheriting

inhering, nitering, thingier, tringine

7 Letter Words for Inheriting

enright, gentiin, ginnier, grinnie, heiring, henting, hinting, igniter, ingenit, inherit, intrine, nighter, nightie, nigrine, nithing, reining, renting, righten, ringent, ringite, terning, thinner, tiering, tigrine, tinnier, trining

6 Letter Words for Inheriting

engirt, enring, erning, ginner, ginnet, girnie, greith, heting, hieing, hinger, hinner, hinter, hiring, ignite, ingent, ingine, ingirt, inring, intern, intine, intire, nigher, ninigi, nither, theirn, thring, tinger, tinier, tining, tinner, tinnie, tiring

5 Letter Words for Inheriting

ehing, eight, engin, ering, genii, genin, genit, giher, girth, grein, greit, grint, grith, hinge, hiren, inert, inger, inner, innet, innit, inter, iring, ither, neigh, niger, night, niner, ninth, niter, regin, reign, renig, renin, retin, rhein, rhine, right, ringe, rithe, thegn, thein, their, thine, thing, tiger, tinge, tingi, trine

4 Letter Words for Inheriting

eigh, engr, entr, erin, erth, gein, geir, geit, gent, gien, ginn, gire, giri, girn, girt, gite, gith, gren, gret, grin, grit, heii, heir, heng, hent, hern, hert, higi, hine, hing, hint, hire, init, inne, inti, intr, iter, nein, neth, neti, nigh, nine, regt, rein, reit, renn, rent, rgen, rhet, rine, ring, rite, tehr, teng, tern, then, thig, thin, thir, tien, tier, tige, tine, ting, tire, trie, trig, trin

3 Letter Words for Inheriting

eir, eng, erg, ern, ert, eth, gen, ger, get, gie, gin, git, gte, hei, hen, her, het, hgt, hie, hin, hir, hit, ign, ihi, iii, ing, inn, int, ire, neg, nei, net, nie, nig, nit, nne, nth, reg, reh, rei, rhe, rie, rig, rin, rit, rte, rti, teg, ten, ter, tgn, the, tie, tig, tin, tng, tri

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