| Inherit 1. (v. t.) To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by inheritance; to take as heir on the death of an ancestor or other person to whose estate one succeeds; to receive as a right or title descendible by law from an ancestor at his decease; as, the heir inherits the land or real estate of his father; the eldest son of a nobleman inherits his father's title; the eldest son of a king inherits the crown. 2. (v. t.) To receive or take by birth; to have by nature; to derive or acquire from ancestors, as mental or physical qualities; as, he inherits a strong constitution, a tendency to disease, etc. 3. (v. t.) To come into possession of; to possess; to own; to enjoy as a possession. 4. (v. t.) To put in possession of. 5. (v. i.) To take or hold a possession, property, estate, or rights by inheritance. Thesaurus Entries accept, acquire, admit, assume, bag, be seized of, call, capture, catch, come in for, come into, come over, contract, corral, derive, derive from, drag down, draw, draw from, drop in, earn, enter into possession, gain, get, harvest, have, have coming in, heir, inherit, look in, look up, make, net, obtain, pop in, procure, pull down, reap, receive, run in, sack, score, secure, see, step in, succeed to, take, take in, take on, take over, win |