From HomoExcelsior

1. To receive (property or a title, for example) from an ancestor by legal succession or will. 2. To receive by bequest or as a legacy. 3. The new administration inherited the economic problems of the last four years. 4. To receive (a characteristic) from one's parents by genetic transmission. 5. To gain (something) as one's right or portion. 6. To hold or take possession of an inheritance.

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