Definitions
1.verbTo take possession of as a right (especially in Biblical translations)."Your descendants will inherit the earth."
2.verbTo receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death."After Grandad died, I inherited the house."
3.verbTo receive a characteristic from one's ancestors by genetic transmission."Let's hope the baby inherits his mother's looks and his father's intelligence."
4.verbTo derive from people or conditions previously in force."This country has inherited an invidious class culture."
5.verbTo come into an inheritance."Lucky old Daniel – his grandfather died rich, and he's inherited."
6.verbTo derive (existing functionality) from a superclass."ModalWindow inherits all the properties and methods of Window."
7.verbTo derive a new class from (a superclass).
8.verbTo put in possession of.