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English Dictionary: inherit	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inherit v obtain from someone after their death; "I inherited a castle from my French grandparents" receive from a predecessor; "The new chairman inherited many problems from the previous chair" receive by genetic transmission; "I inherited my good eyesight from my mother"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inherit \Inher"it\, v. i. To take or hold a possession, property, estate, or rights by inheritance. Thou shalt not inherit* our father's house. --Judg. xi. 2.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inherit \In*her"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inherited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inheriting}.] [OE. enheriten to inherit, to give a heritage to, OF. enheriter to appoint as an heir, L. inhereditare; pref. in- in + hereditare to inherit, fr. heres heir. See {Heir}.] 1. (Law) To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by inheritance; to take as heir on the death of an ancestor or other person to whose estate one succeeds; to receive as a right or title descendible by law from an ancestor at his decease; as, the heir inherits the land or real estate of his father; the eldest son of a nobleman inherits his father's title; the eldest son of a king inherits the crown.