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What is the verb for inheritance?

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inherit
  1. (transitive) To take possession of as a right (especially in Biblical translations).
  2. (transitive) To receive (property or a title etc), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.
  3. (biology) To receive a characteristic from one's ancestors by genetic transmission.
  4. (transitive) To derive from people or conditions previously in force.
  5. (intransitive) To come into an inheritance.
  6. (computing) To derive (existing functionality) from a superclass.
  7. (computing) To derive a new class from (a superclass).
  8. (transitive, obsolete) To put in possession of.
  9. Synonyms:
      10. receive, acquire, derive, get, obtain, be left, be bequeathed, be devised, be willed, come by, accede to, become heir to, come into, succeed to, be granted, fall heir, fall heir to, be heir to, assume, succeed, accede, take over, take on, take up, be elevated to, take responsibility for, have conferred on one, come in for, attain, enter upon, ascend to, come to, fulfill, achieve, garner, secure, accomplish, fulfil, procure, realize, clinch, gain, grasp, reap, land, capture … more
  10. Examples:
      11. “This allows you to decide exactly which people will inherit any money, property, or other assets when you die.”
      “The leader may inherit a situation for which moral authority cannot produce obedience or may be too far removed to exercise it.”
      “They may also independently inherit property and begin the process leading to a divorce.”
inherited
  1. simple past tense and past participle of inherit
  2. Synonyms:
      3. received, acquired, derived, got, gat, gotten, obtained, came by, acceded to, became heir to, become heir to, came into, come into, succeeded to, fell heir, fallen heir, fell heir to, fallen heir to, assumed, succeeded, acceded, took over, taken over, took on, taken on, took up, taken up, took responsibility for, taken responsibility for, had conferred on one, came in for, come in for, won, gained, earned, scored, secured, attained, contracted, landed, achieved, bagged, nabbed … more
inherits
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inherit
  2. Synonyms:
      3. receives, acquires, derives, gets, obtains, comes by, accedes to, becomes heir to, comes into, succeeds to, falls heir, falls heir to, assumes, succeeds, accedes, takes over, takes on, takes up, takes responsibility for, has conferred on one, comes in for, attains, comes to, enters upon, ascends to, wins, gains, earns, scores, secures, contracts, lands, achieves, bags, nabs, procures, snags, collects, nets, clinches, takes, captivates … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “For his second he inherits, from himself, a whacking budget deficit of his own making and a huge current account deficit.”
      “One fondly imagines that one reaches opinions by personal ratiocination, but of course many of them one inherits.”
      “She is a young flibbertigibbet who inherits her sister's three children after a car accident.”
inheriting
  1. present participle of inherit
  2. Synonyms:
      3. getting, acquiring, obtaining, coming by, coming to have, coming into possession of, receiving, gaining, earning, winning, coming into, coming in for, taking possession of, taking receipt of, buying, purchasing, procuring, possessing oneself of, securing, gathering, collecting, picking up, appropriating, amassing, building up, hooking, netting, landing, achieving, attaining, getting hold of, getting hands on, grabbing, bagging, getting one's hands on, getting one's mitts on, scoring, snagging, gleaning, nabbing, collaring, having, copping, latching onto, racking up, accessing, locking up, swinging, taking, reaping … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “If a mother is heterozygous for a particular sex-linked gene, her son has a 50% chance of inheriting either allele from her.”
      “If he does, the umpire will merely direct the proper batter to take his place in the batter's box while inheriting the count.”
      “He operated the bottled gas company through most of the 1960s and '70s before inheriting half of the estate.”
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