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|Deuteronomy 16:20]].

The meek shall inherit the earth. [[Matthew 5#5|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|Judges 11:2]].