Inherited

John inherited a large fortune.

My sixty-year-old aunt inherited the huge estate.

My aunt inherited the huge estate.

When we say that a language is culturally transmitted - that is, that it is learned rather than inherited - we mean that it is part of that whole complex of learned and shared behavior that anthropologists call culture.

He inherited a great fortune.

She inherited her mother's blue eyes.

He inherited the business from his father.

The close-cropped lawn is beautiful in the eyes of a people whose inherited bent it is to readily find pleasure in contemplating a well-preserved pasture or grazing land.

He inherited an old wooden chest.

I inherited his estate.