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Adjective inheriting has 1 sense
  1. inheriting - having the legal right to inherit
    Antonyms:     noninheritable, nonheritable (indirect, via inheritable)
,Verb inherit has 3 senses
  1. inherit, come into - obtain from someone after their death; "I inherited a castle from my French grandparents"
    --1 is one way to get, acquire
    Derived forms: noun inheritor1, noun inheritance1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s something from somebody
  2. inherit - receive from a predecessor; "The new chairman inherited many problems from the previous chair"
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  3. inherit - receive by genetic transmission; "I inherited my good eyesight from my mother"
    --3 is one way to     receive, have
    Derived form: noun inheritance3
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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