inherit
- Verb. (transitive) To take possession of as a right ''(especially in Biblical translations)''.
- Verb. (transitive) To receive (property or a title etc), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.
- 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. (intransitive) to come into an inheritance.
- Verb. (computing, programming) To derive (existing functionality) from a superclass.
- Verb. (computing, programming) To derive a new class from (a superclass).
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