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inherit is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by inheritance; to take as heir on the death of an ancestor or other person to whose estate one succeeds; to receive as a right or title descendible by law from an ancestor at his decease; as, the heir inherits the land or real estate of his father; the eldest son of a nobleman inherits his father's title; the eldest son of a king inherits the crown. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 10 · 8 senses

Definitions

  1. transitive verb. To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by inheritance; to take as heir on the death of an ancestor or other person to whose estate one succeeds; to receive as a right or title descendible by law from an ancestor at his decease; as, the heir inherits the land or real estate of his father; the eldest son of a nobleman inherits his father's title; the eldest son of a king inherits the crown.
  2. transitive verb. To receive or take by birth; to have by nature; to derive or acquire from ancestors, as mental or physical qualities; as, he inherits a strong constitution, a tendency to disease, etc.
  3. transitive verb. To come into possession of; to possess; to own; to enjoy as a possession.
  4. transitive verb. To put in possession of.
  5. intransitive verb. To take or hold a possession, property, estate, or rights by inheritance.
  6. verb. obtain from someone after their death

    "I inherited a castle from my French grandparents"

  7. verb. receive by genetic transmission

    "I inherited my good eyesight from my mother"

  8. verb. receive from a predecessor

    "The new chairman inherited many problems from the previous chair"

Common word forms

inherits, inherited, inheriting, inheritable

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