ALL meanings of inherited
in·her·it
I i - noun inherited Simple past tense and past participle of inherit. 1
- verb with object inherited to take or receive (property, a right, a title, etc.) by succession or will, as an heir: to inherit the family business. 1
- verb with object inherited to receive as if by succession from predecessors: the problems the new government inherited from its predecessors. 1
- verb with object inherited to receive (a genetic character) by the transmission of hereditary factors. 1
- verb with object inherited to succeed (a person) as heir. 1
- verb with object inherited to receive as one's portion; come into possession of: to inherit his brother's old clothes. 1
- verb without object inherited to take or receive property or the like by virtue of being heir to it. 1
- verb without object inherited to receive qualities, powers, duties, etc., as by inheritance (followed by from). 1
- verb without object inherited to have succession as heir. 1
- adjective inherited in genes 1
- adjective inherited from parents 1
- adjective inherited from predecessor 1
- adjective inherited Obtained via an inheritance. 0
- adjective inherited Diseases and disorders which are hereditary. 0