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Inheritance

//ɪnˈhɛɹɪtəns// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The passing of title to an estate upon death. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    hereditary succession to a title or an office or property wordnet
  3. 3
    That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament, such as the part of an estate (i.e., a portion). countable
  4. 4
    any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors wordnet
  5. 5
    The act or mechanism of inheriting; the state of having inherited. especially, uncountable

    "The Indo-European languages share various similarities as a result of their inheritance from a common ancestor."

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  1. 6
    (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents wordnet
  2. 7
    The biological attributes passed hereditarily from ancestors to their offspring. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner wordnet
  4. 9
    The mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclass. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English enheritaunce, inheritaunce, borrowed from Anglo-Norman, Old French enheritaunce, from enheriter. By surface analysis, inherit + -ance.

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