Definition of inherit

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Inherit (v. t.) To come into possession of; to possess; to own; to enjoy as a possession.

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Inherit :: Inherit (v. i.) To take or hold a possession, property, estate, or rights by inheritance..
Coheiress :: Coheiress (n.) A female heir who inherits with other heiresses; a joint heiress.
Freeborn :: Freeborn (a.) Born free; not born in vassalage; inheriting freedom.
Birthright :: Birthright (n.) Any right, privilege, or possession to which a person is entitled by birth, such as an estate descendible by law to an heir, or civil liberty under a free constitution; esp. the rights or inheritance of the first born..
Inheriting :: Inheriting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inheri.
Heirloom :: Heirloom (n.) Any furniture, movable, or personal chattel, which by law or special custom descends to the heir along with the inheritance; any piece of personal property that has been in a family for several generations..
Hereditably :: Hereditably (adv.) By inheritance.
Portion :: Portion (n.) The part of an estate given to a child or heir, or descending to him by law, and distributed to him in the settlement of the estate; an inheritance..
Conquest :: Conquest (n.) The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.
Inheritance :: Inheritance (n.) Transmission and reception by animal or plant generation.
Constitution :: Constitution (n.) The aggregate of all one's inherited physical qualities; the aggregate of the vital powers of an individual, with reference to ability to endure hardship, resist disease, etc.; as, a robust constitution..
Disinherit :: Disinherit (v. t.) To deprive of heritage; to dispossess.
Coparceny :: Coparceny (n.) An equal share of an inheritance.
Coheir :: Coheir (n.) A joint heir; one of two or more heirs; one of several entitled to an inheritance.
Purchaser :: Purchaser (n.) One who acquires an estate in lands by his own act or agreement, or who takes or obtains an estate by any means other than by descent or inheritance..
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..
Exheredation :: Exheredation (n.) A disinheriting; disherisor.
Nobility :: Nobility (n.) The state of being of high rank or noble birth; patrician dignity; antiquity of family; distinction by rank, station, or title, whether inherited or conferred..
Esnecy :: Esnecy (n.) A prerogative given to the eldest coparcener to choose first after an inheritance is divided.
Disinherited :: Disinherited (imp. & p. p.) of Disinheri.
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