INHERIT

verb see: heredity Date: 14th century transitive verb to come into possession of or receive especially as a right or divine portion , 2. to receive from an ancestor as a right or title descendible by law at the ancestor's death, to receive as a devise or legacy, to receive from a parent or ancestor by genetic transmission , to have in turn or receive as if from an ancestor , intransitive verb to take or hold a possession or rights by ~ance, ~or noun ~ress or ~rix noun