inherit🔊

To take possession of as a right.

To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.

(biology) To receive a characteristic from one's ancestors by genetic transmission.

To derive from people or conditions previously in force.

To come into an inheritance.

(computing, programming) To derive (existing functionality) from a superclass.

(computing, programming) To derive a new class from (a superclass).

(obsolete) To put in possession of.