Definitions for inherit

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inherit in·her·it

Spelling: [in-her-it]

IPA: /ɪnˈhɛr ɪt/

Inherit is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 116 anagrams from letters in inherit (ehiinrt).

Definitions for inherit

verb (used with object)

1. to take or receive (property, a right, a title, etc.) by succession or will, as an heir:
2. to receive as if by succession from predecessors:
3. to receive (a genetic character) by the transmission of hereditary factors.
4. to succeed (a person) as heir.
5. to receive as one's portion; come into possession of:

verb (used without object)

1. to take or receive property or the like by virtue of being heir to it.
2. to receive qualities, powers, duties, etc., as by inheritance (followed by from).
3. to have succession as heir.

Origin of inherit

1275-1325; Middle English en(h)erit(i)en Middle French enheriter Late Latin inhērēditāre to make heir. See in-³, hereditary

Examples for inherit

No one remained to inherit their good name and little fortune.

You will inherit a very good practice and a comfortable fortune.

They do not buy it; they do not conquer it, but they inherit it.

For good and ill, they will inherit the world their elders made for them.

This demographic reality means that whoever wins the suburban vote in 2016 and beyond will inherit the political future.

Simon did not expect to inherit, and in a way he never really did.

The false cannot inherit the true nor the unclean the lovely.

Having said that, leadership is not a birth right that you inherit and it just keeps going.

Your father is not an old man; he may marry again, and have a son to inherit his wealth.

The anti-evolutionists were as humiliated in this performance as they were in inherit the Wind.