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. [R.] Shak.
INHERIT
In*her"it, v. i.
Defn: To take or hold a possession, property, estate, or rights by
inheritance.
Thou shalt not inherit our father's house. Judg. xi. 2.
INHERITABILITY
In*her`it*a*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality of being inheritable or descendible to heirs.
Jefferson.
INHERITABLE
In*her"it*a*ble, a.
1. Capable of being inherited; transmissible or descendible; as, an inheritable estate or title. Blackstone.
2. Capable of being transmitted from parent to child; as, inheritable qualities or infirmities.