Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - inherit
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Inherit
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~ v 1 to receive money, property etc from someone after they have died (inherit sth from) (She inherited the land from her grandfather.) 2 to have a problem caused by mistakes that other people have made in the past (inherit sth from) (The government claims to have inherited all of its problems from the previous administration.) 3 to have the same character or appearance as your parents (inherit sth from) (Gordon's inherited his father's bad temper.) 4 informal to get something that someone else does not want any more (inherit sth from) (We inherited the furniture from the previous tenants.) (- see also disinherit)
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1.
(inherits, inheriting, inherited) 1. If you inherit money or property, you receive it from someone who has died. He has no son to inherit his land. ...paintings that he inherited from his father. ...people with inherited wealth. VERB: V n, V n from n, V-ed 2. If you inherit something such as a task, problem, or attitude, you get it from the people who used to have it, for example because you have taken over their job or been influenced by them. The government inherited an impossible situation from its predecessors... VERB: V n from n 3. If you inherit a characteristic or quality, you are born with it, because your parents or ancestors also had it. We inherit from our parents many of our physical characteristics... Her children have inherited her love of sport... Stammering is probably an inherited defect. VERB: V n from n, V n, V-ed ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
2.
verb Etymology: Middle English enheriten to give right of ~ance to, from Anglo-French enheriter, from Late Latin inhereditare, from Latin in- + hereditas ~ance — more at heredity Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to come into possession of or receive especially as a right or divine portion and every one who has left houses or brothers or sisters…for my name's sake, will receive a hundredfold, and ~ eternal life — Matthew 19:29 (Revised Standard Version) 2. a. to receive from an ancestor as a right or title descendible by law at the ancestor's death b. to receive as a devise or legacy 3. to receive from a parent or ancestor by genetic transmission ~ a defective enzyme 4. to have in turn or receive as if from an ancestor ~ed the problem from his predecessor intransitive verb to take or hold a possession or rights by ~ance • ~or noun • ~ress or ~rix noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. (inherited, inheriting) 1 tr. receive (property, rank, title, etc.) by legal descent or succession. 2 tr. derive (a quality or characteristic) genetically from one's ancestors. 3 absol. succeed as an heir (a younger son rarely inherits). Derivatives inheritor n. (fem. inheritress or inheritrix). Etymology: ME f. OF enheriter f. LL inhereditare (as IN-(2), L heres heredis heir) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. наследовать, получать в наследство to inherit a fortune —- получить в наследство состояние 2. быть, являться наследником a son inherits from his father —- сын является наследником отца 3. унаследовать, перенять (свойство, качество и т. п.) to inherit a temperament —- унаследовать темперамент he inherited his father's strong constitution —- он унаследовал от отца крепкое телосложение ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 14c., from O.Fr. enheriter "make heir, appoint as heir," from L.L. inhereditare, from L. in- "in" + hereditare, from heres (gen. heredis) "heir." Sense of "receive inheritance" arose c.1350. Original sense in disinherit. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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