v. t. | 1. | |
| 1. | (Law) 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. | To receive or take by birth; to have by nature; to derive or acquire from ancestors, as mental or physical qualities, genes, or genetic traits; as, he inherits a strong constitution, a tendency to disease, etc.; to inherit hemophilia |
| 3. | To come into possession of; to possess; to own; to enjoy as a possession. |
| 4. | To put in possession of. |
v. i. | 1. | To take or hold a possession, property, estate, or rights by inheritance. |