to inherit from sb

  • 1inherit from — phr verb Inherit from is used with these nouns as the object: ↑father, ↑mother …

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  • 2inherit — (v.) c.1300, to make (someone) an heir, from O.Fr. enheriter make heir, appoint as heir, from L.L. inhereditare to appoint as heir, from L. in in (see IN (Cf. in ) (2)) + hereditare to inherit, from heres (gen. heredis) heir (see …

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  • 3inherit — [[t]ɪnhe̱rɪt[/t]] inherits, inheriting, inherited 1) VERB If you inherit money or property, you receive it from someone who has died. [V n] He has no son to inherit his land. [V n from n] ...paintings that he inherited from his father. [V ed]… …

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  • 4inherit — v. (D; tr.) to inherit from (to inherit a fortune from an uncle) * * * [ɪn herɪt] (D; tr.) to inherit from (to inherit a fortune from an uncle) …

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  • 5Inherit the Wind — is a play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee, which opened on Broadway in January 1955; a 1960 Hollywood film based on the play; and three television remakes. It was recently brought back onto Broadway in a revival. The play s title comes… …

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  • 6inherit — in·her·it /in her it/ vb [Middle French enheriter to make one an heir, from Late Latin inhereditare, from Latin in in + hereditas inheritance] vt 1: to receive (property) from an estate by operation of the laws of intestacy; broadly: to receive… …

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  • 7inherit — in‧her‧it [ɪnˈhert] verb [transitive] 1. LAW to receive money or property from someone after they have died: • She will inherit her father s entire fortune when he dies. inherit something from somebody • We built the house on land inherited from …

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  • 8Inherit — In*her it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inherited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inheriting}.] [OE. enheriten to inherit, to give a heritage to, OF. enheriter to appoint as an heir, L. inhereditare; pref. in in + hereditare to inherit, fr. heres heir. See {Heir}.]… …

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  • 9Inherit the truth — is a video of the annual play of the Scopes Trial, held at the original courthouse in Dayton, Tennessee, where the state of Tennessee prosecuted John Scopes for breaking a law which forbade the teaching of a story of origins that contradicted the …

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  • 10inherit — [in her′it] vt. [ME enheriten < OFr enheriter < LL inhereditare, to appoint as heir, inherit < L in, in + heres, HEIR] 1. Obs. to transfer property to (an heir) 2. a) to receive (an ancestor s property, title, etc.) by the laws of… …

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