inherit

English[уреди]

Etymology[уреди]

From Middle English enheriten, from Old French enheriter, from Late Latin inhereditare (“make heir”). Displaced native Old English ierfan.

Pronunciation[уреди]

  • МФА(кључ): /ɪnˈhɛɹɪt/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Риме: -ɛɹɪt

Verb[уреди]

inherit

  1. (transitive) To take possession of as a right (especially in Biblical translations).
    Your descendants will inherit the earth.
  2. (transitive) To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess‎[1]:
      Lua грешка in Модул:languages/errorGetBy at line 14: Please specify a language or etymology language code in the first parameter; the value "<strong class="error"><span class="scribunto-error" id="mw-scribunto-error-51fddb02">Script error: The function &quot;first_lang&quot; does not exist.</span></strong>" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages)..
    After Grandad died, I inherited the house.
  3. (transitive, biology) To receive a characteristic from one's ancestors by genetic transmission.
    Let's hope the baby inherits his mother's looks and his father's intelligence.
  4. (transitive) To derive from people or conditions previously in force.
    This country has inherited an invidious class culture.
  5. (intransitive) To come into an inheritance.
    Lucky old Daniel – his grandfather died rich, and he's inherited.
  6. (computing, programming, transitive) To derive (existing functionality) from a superclass.
    ModalWindow inherits all the properties and methods of Window.
  7. (computing, programming, transitive) To derive a new class from (a superclass).
    • 2006, Daniel Solis, Illustrated C# 2005:
      Lua грешка in Модул:languages/errorGetBy at line 14: Please specify a language or etymology language code in the first parameter; the value "<strong class="error"><span class="scribunto-error" id="mw-scribunto-error-51fddb02">Script error: The function &quot;first_lang&quot; does not exist.</span></strong>" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages)..
  8. (transitive, obsolete) To put in possession of.

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