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English Dictionary: heritable by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heritable
adj
  1. capable of being inherited; "inheritable traits such as eye color"; "an inheritable title"
    Synonym(s): inheritable, heritable
    Antonym(s): nonheritable, noninheritable
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heritable \Her"it*a*ble\, a. [OF. h[82]ritable. See {Heritage},
      {Hereditable}.]
      1. Capable of being inherited or of passing by inheritance;
            inheritable.
  
      2. Capable of inheriting or receiving by inheritance.
  
                     This son shall be legitimate and heritable. --Sir M.
                                                                              Hale.
  
      {Heritable rights} (Scots Law), rights of the heir; rights to
            land or whatever may be intimately connected with land;
            realty. --Jacob (Law Dict.).
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