Definitions from Wiktionary (inherit)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To come into an inheritance.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To take possession of as a right (especially in Biblical translations).
▸ verb:  (transitive, biology) To receive a characteristic from one's ancestors by genetic transmission.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To derive from people or conditions previously in force.
▸ verb:  (computing, programming, transitive) To derive (existing functionality) from a superclass.
▸ verb:  (computing, programming, transitive) To derive a new class from (a superclass).
▸ verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To put in possession of.

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