v.
(inherits, inheriting, inherited)
- receive (money, property, or a title) as an heir at the death of the previous holder.
- derive (a quality or characteristic) from one's parents or ancestors.
▸receive or be left with (a situation, object, etc.) from a predecessor or former owner.
Derivative
- inheritability n.
- inheritable adj.
- inheritor n.
Etymology
ME enherite ‘receive as a right’, from OFr. enheriter, from late L. inhereditare ‘appoint as heir’.