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Webster 1913 Edition
Inherit
In-her′it
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Inherited
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Inheriting
.] [OE.
enheriten
to inherit, to give a heritage to, OF. enheriter
to appoint as an heir, L. inhereditare
; pref. in-
in + hereditare
to inherit, fr. heres
heir. See Heir
.] 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.Prince Harry is valiant; for the cold blood he did naturally
inherit
of his father he hath . . . manured . . . with good store of fertile sherris. Shakespeare
3.
To come into possession of; to possess; to own; to enjoy as a possession.
But the meek shall
inherit
the earth. Ps. xxxvii. 11.
To bury so much gold under a tree,
And never after to
And never after to
inherit
it. Shakespeare
4.
To put in possession of.
[R.]
Shak.
In-her′it
,Verb.
I.
To take or hold a possession, property, estate, or rights by inheritance.
Thou shalt not
inherit
our father's house. Judg. xi. 2.
Webster 1828 Edition
Inherit
INHER'IT
,Verb.
T.
1.
To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by succession, as the representative of the former possessor; to receive, as a right or title descendible by law from an ancestor at his decease. The heir inherits the lands or real estate of his father; the eldest son of the nobleman inherits his father's title, and the eldest son of a king inherits the crown.2.
To receive by nature from a progenitor. The son inherits the virtues of his father; the daughter inherits the temper of her mother, and children often inherit the constitutional infirmities of their parents. 3.
To possess; to enjoy; to take as a possession, by gift or divine appropriation; as, to inherit everlasting life; to inherit the promises. --That thou mayest live, and inherit the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee. Deut. 16.
The meek shall inherit the earth. Matt.5.
INHER'IT
,Verb.
I.
--Thou shall not inherit in our father's house. Judges 11.