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English Dictionary: hereditary	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for hereditary
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hereditary adj occurring among members of a family usually by heredity; "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features" Synonym(s): familial, genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmitted, transmissible inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition" Synonym(s): ancestral, hereditary, patrimonial, transmissible
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hereditary \Hered"itary\, a. [L. hereditarius, fr. hereditas heirship, inheritance, fr. heres heir: cf. F. h[82]r[82]ditaire. See {Heir}.] 1. Descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law; received or passing by inheritance, or that must pass by inheritance; as, an hereditary* estate or crown. 2. Transmitted, or capable of being transmitted, as a constitutional quality or condition from a parent to a child; as, hereditary pride, bravery, disease. Syn: Ancestral; patrimonial; inheritable.