inherit

INHER'IT, verb transitive [Latin hoeres, an heir. See Heir.] 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. Deuteronomy 16:20. The meek shall inherit the earth. Matthew 5:5. INHER'IT, verb intransitive To take or have possession or property. --Thou shall not inherit in our father's house. Judges 11:2.