inherit

1. (transitive) To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.Examples: "After Grandad died, I inherited the house."; "‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’"Antonyms: bequeath, leavetransitive

2. (transitive) To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.Examples: "Lucky old Daniel – his grandfather died rich, and he's inherited."Antonyms: bequeath, leaveintransitivetransitive

3. (transitive) To take possession of as a right (especially in Biblical translations).Examples: "Your descendants will inherit the earth."transitive

4. (transitive, biology) To receive a characteristic from one's ancestors by genetic transmission.Examples: "Let's hope the baby inherits his mother's looks and his father's intelligence."transitive

5. (transitive) To derive from people or conditions previously in force.Examples: "This country has inherited an invidious class culture."transitive

6. (computing, programming, transitive) To derive (existing functionality) from a superclass.Examples: "ModalWindow inherits all the properties and methods of Window."transitive