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Inherit

1. 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 fathers 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; as, he inherits a strong constitution, a tendency to disease, etc. Prince Harry is valiant; for the cold blood he did naturally inherit of his father he hath . . . Manured . . . With good store of fertile sherris. (Shak)

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 inherit it. (Shak)

4. To put in possession of.

Origin: 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.