inherit

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

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