a. | 1. | Capable of being inherited; transmissible or descendible; | |||
2. | Capable of being transmitted from parent to child; | ||||
3. | Capable of taking by inheritance, or of receiving by descent; capable of succeeding to, as an heir. By attainder . . . the blood of the person attainted is so corrupted as to be rendered no longer inheritable.
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Adj. | 1. | inheritable - that can be inherited; "inheritable traits such as eye color"; "an inheritable title" Synonyms: heritable Antonyms: nonheritable, noninheritable - not inheritable |