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Od Srednji Engleski enheriten, od Stari Francuski enheriter, od Late Latin inhereditare (“make heir”). Displaced native Stari Engleski ierfan.

• MFA^(ključ): /ɪnˈhɛɹɪt/

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• Rime: -ɛɹɪt

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).

   Your descendants will inherit the earth.

2. (transitive) To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.

   After Grandad died, I inherited the house.

   • Šablon:RQ:Allingham China Governess
3. (transitive, biology) To receive a characteristic from one's ancestors by genetic transmission.

   Let's hope the baby inherits his mother's looks and his father's intelligence.

4. (transitive) To derive from people or conditions previously in force.

   This country has inherited an invidious class culture.

5. (intransitive) To come into an inheritance.

   Lucky old Daniel – his grandfather died rich, and he's inherited.

6. (computing, programming, transitive) To derive (existing functionality) from a superclass.

   ModalWindow inherits all the properties and methods of Window.

7. (computing, programming, transitive) To derive a new class from (a superclass).
   • 2006, Daniel Solis, Illustrated C# 2005:

     For example, the following two code segments, from different assemblies, show how easy it is to inherit a class from another assembly.

8. (transitive, obsolete) To put in possession of.
   • Šablon:RQ:Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona

• Do not confuse with inherent.