English Explanatory Dictionary

inherit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.
  2. To come into an inheritance.
  3. To take possession of as a right (especially in Biblical translations).
  4. To receive a characteristic from one's ancestors by genetic transmission.
  5. To derive from people or conditions previously in force.
  6. To derive (existing functionality) from a superclass.
  7. To derive a new class from (a superclass).
  8. To put in possession of.

Pronunciation

/ɪnˈhɛɹɪt/ En-us-inherit.ogg

Word forms

inherit inherits inheriting inherited

Etymology

From Middle English enheriten, from Old French enheriter, from Late Latin inhereditare (“make heir”). Displaced native Old English ierfan.

Antonyms

bequeath leave

Derived words

classical inheritance coinherit co-inherit coinheritance coinheritor composition over inheritance disinherit disinheritance disinheriting disinheritor inheritability inheritable inheritableness inheritably inheritance inheritance powder inheritance tax inheritee inheriter inheriting inheritor inheritour inheritress inheritrix misinherit multiple inheritance noninheritable noninheritance noninherited noninheriting uninheritable

Translations

Arabic: وَرَثَ Armenian: ժառանգել Asturian: heredar Bulgarian: наследявам Catalan: heretar Chinese: 繼承 /继承 Chinese: 继承 Czech: zdědit Czech: dědit Czech: podědit Dutch: erven Egyptian: E9:a-F44 Esperanto: heredi Finnish: periä French: hériter Galician: herdar German: erben East Central German: aarm Greek: κληρονομώ Ancient Greek: κληρονομέω Hebrew: יָרַשׁ Hungarian: örököl Icelandic: erfa Irish: faigh le hoidhreacht Italian: ereditare Japanese: 受継ぐ Latin: heredito Malay: mewarisi Norwegian: arve Occitan: eiretar Old English: ierfan Oromo: dhaaluu Polish: dziedziczyć Polish: odziedziczyć Portuguese: herdar Romanian: moșteni Russian: насле́довать Russian: унасле́довать Slovak: zdediť Slovak: dediť Slovene: podedovati Slovene: dedovati Spanish: heredar Swahili: -rithi Swedish: ärva Ukrainian: успадко́вувати Ukrainian: успадкува́ти Vietnamese: thừa kế
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