[ɪnˈhɛrɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- receive (money, property, or a title) as an heir at the death of the previous holder
(e.g: she inherited a fortune from her father)

- derive (a quality, characteristic, or predisposition) genetically from one's parents or ancestors
(e.g: she had inherited the beauty of her grandmother)

- receive or be left with (a situation, object, etc.) from a predecessor or former owner
(e.g: spending commitments inherited from previous governments)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English enherite ‘receive as a right’, from Old French enheriter, from late Latin inhereditare ‘appoint as heir’, from Latin in- ‘in’ + heres, hered- ‘heir’