Associations to the word «Inherit»
Noun
- Wilfred
- Disposition
- Susceptibility
- Edmund
- Nobleman
- Margaret
- Beaumont
- Lords
- Millionaire
- Maud
- Aristocrat
- Share
- Count
- Susanna
- Brabant
- Kingdom
- Hesse
- Monarch
- Child
- Castle
- Marquis
- Holding
- Brittany
- Provence
- Manifold
- Dowager
- Isabel
- Electorate
- Money
- Baroness
- Eustace
- Sum
- Duchess
- Bernhard
- Kramer
- Neville
- Sire
- Dominion
- Rupert
- Buckinghamshire
- Nobility
- Tendency
- Prop
- Oxfordshire
- Clan
- Rancho
- Ranch
- Somerset
- Flanders
- Seniority
- Default
- Will
- Monarchy
- Carrier
- Nottinghamshire
- Temperament
- Syndrome
- Bertie
- Harald
- Licence
- Leopold
- Disorder
- Vi
- Aristocracy
- Fairfax
- Henry
- Tradition
- Landowner
- Empire
- Asset
- Hanover
- Peculiarity
- Rights
- Bourbon
- Percy
- Rothschild
- Earth
- Northamptonshire
- Chance
- Glamorgan
Wiktionary
INHERIT, verb. (transitive) To take possession of as a right (especially in Biblical translations).
INHERIT, verb. (transitive) To receive (property or a title etc), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.
INHERIT, verb. (transitive) (biology) To receive a characteristic from one's ancestors by genetic transmission.
INHERIT, verb. (transitive) To derive from people or conditions previously in force.
INHERIT, verb. (intransitive) To come into an inheritance.
INHERIT, verb. (computing) (programming) (transitive) To derive (existing functionality) from a superclass.
INHERIT, verb. (computing) (programming) (transitive) To derive a new class from (a superclass).
INHERIT, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To put in possession of.
Dictionary definition
INHERIT, verb. Obtain from someone after their death; "I inherited a castle from my French grandparents".
INHERIT, verb. Receive from a predecessor; "The new chairman inherited many problems from the previous chair".
INHERIT, verb. Receive by genetic transmission; "I inherited my good eyesight from my mother".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.