Definition of inherit

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Inherit (v. t.) To receive or take by birth; to have by nature; to derive or acquire from ancestors, as mental or physical qualities; as, he inherits a strong constitution, a tendency to disease, etc..

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Inherit :: Inherit (v. t.) To come into possession of; to possess; to own; to enjoy as a possession.
Coparceny :: Coparceny (n.) An equal share of an inheritance.
Disheir :: Disheir (v. t.) To disinherit.
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..
Coheir :: Coheir (n.) A joint heir; one of two or more heirs; one of several entitled to an inheritance.
Patrimony :: Patrimony (n.) A right or estate inherited from one's father; or, in a larger sense, from any ancestor..
Exhereditation :: Exhereditation (n.) A disinheriting; disherison.
Delapse :: Delapse (v. i.) To pass down by inheritance; to lapse.
Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) Acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement..
Portion :: Portion (v. t.) To endow with a portion or inheritance.
Inheritance :: Inheritance (n.) That which is or may be inherited; that which is derived by an heir from an ancestor or other person; a heritage; a possession which passes by descent.
Forisfamiliate :: Forisfamiliate (v. i.) To renounce a legal title to a further share of paternal inheritance.
Rightful :: Rightful (a.) Belonging, held, or possessed by right, or by just claim; as, a rightful inheritance; rightful authority..
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..
Forisfamiliate :: Forisfamiliate (v. t.) Literally, to put out of a family; hence, to portion off, so as to exclude further claim of inheritance; to emancipate (as a with his own consent) from paternal authority..
Inherit :: Inherit (v. t.) To put in possession of.
Inheritably :: Inheritably (adv.) By inheritance.
Disheritor :: Disheritor (n.) One who puts another out of his inheritance.
Birth :: Birth (n.) The condition to which a person is born; natural state or position; inherited disposition or tendency.
Descend :: Descend (v. i.) To come down, as from a source, original, or stock; to be derived; to proceed by generation or by transmission; to fall or pass by inheritance; as, the beggar may descend from a prince; a crown descends to the heir..
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