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▸ 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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come into,
enherit,
enherite,
heir,
take,
take possession,
appropriate,
hold,
entail,
enter,
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