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Definition inherit

Etymology

Middle English enheriten, from Old French enheriter, from Late Latin inhereditare (�make heir�). Replaced native Old English irfan, compare related noun erf (�inheritance�), from Middle English erve, from Old English yrfe, ierfe (�heritage, bequest, inheritance, property, inherited property, property that passes to an heir, cattle, livestock�), from Proto-Germanic *arbij? (�heritage�), from Proto-Indo-European *h?erb?- (�to change ownership�) (from which also *h?�rb?os (�orphan�)).

Verb

inherit (third-person singular simple present inherits, present participle inheriting, simple past and past participle inherited)

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

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