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English Dictionary: inheritable	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for inheritable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inheritable adj 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]:
Inheritable \Inher"itable\, a. 1. Capable of being inherited; transmissible or descendible; as, an inheritable* estate or title. --Blackstone. 2. Capable of being transmitted from parent to child; as, inheritable qualities or infirmities. 3. [Cf. OF. enheritable, inheritable.] Capable of taking by inheritance, or of receiving by descent; capable of succeeding to, as an heir. By attainder . . . the blood of the person attainted is so corrupted as to be rendered no longer inheritable. --Blackstone. The eldest daughter of the king is also alone inheritable to the crown on failure of issue male. --Blackstone. {Inheritable blood}, blood or relationship by which a person becomes qualified to be an heir, or to transmit possessions by inheritance.