Word Finder - inherits

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To take possession of as a right (especially in Biblical translations).

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Your descendants will inherit the earth.

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

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After Grandad died, I inherited the house.

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

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Let's hope the baby inherits his mother's looks and his father's intelligence.

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To derive from people or conditions previously in force.

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This country has inherited an invidious class culture.

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To come into an inheritance.

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Lucky old Daniel – his grandfather died rich, and he's inherited.

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To derive (existing functionality) from a superclass.

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ModalWindow inherits all the properties and methods of Window.

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To derive a new class from (a superclass).

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To put in possession of.

The created image inherits the attributes of the template.

If a man inherits an elaborate piece of jewelry with a deep family significance, he can proudly wear it not only as a symbol of the Celtic culture, but also of his family ties.

A child who inherits a mother's small jaw and a father's large teeth may have teeth that are too big for the jaw, causing overcrowding.

An individual with an autosomal recessive disorder inherits one non-working genes from each parent.

A male child inherits an X chromosome from his mother and a Y chromosome from his father.

Symptoms and their time of onset vary widely depending on which form of the disorder the individual inherits.

A child who inherits the sickle cell gene from each parent will have the disease.

A child who inherits the sickle cell gene from only one parent carries the sickle cell trait but does not have the disease.

A person inherits one set of 23 chromosomes from each parent.

A person who inherits an A antigen gene from each parent has type A blood; receiving two B antigen genes corresponds with type B blood; and inheriting A and B antigen genes means a person has type AB blood.

If your jeweler offers a free warranty program with regular inspections, be sure to continue this service and pass it on to whomever inherits the ring.

An Aries male inherits the god of war’s ability to quickly strategize and form a plan of attack.

Hegel inherits from Kant the three arguments, and takes them as stages in one developing process of argu- thought.

Henceforward he who inherits a barony must pay r¦o, he who inherits a knight's fee too shillings or less, and for smaller holdings less "according to the ancient custom of fiefs."

The boy no doubt inherits a capacity for riding a bicycle, otherwise he could never do so.

By the act of parliament which transferred the government of India from the company to the crown, the administration in England is exercised by the sovereign through a secretary of state, who inherits all the powers formerly belonging to the Court of Directors and the Board of Control, and who, as a member of the cabinet, is responsible to parliament.

The link of connexion between the various Bodhisats in the future Buddha's successive births is not a soul which is transferred from body to body, but the karma, or character, which each successive Bodhisat inherits from his predecessors in the long chain of existences.

Classes List inherits behavior and resources from Core and XmPrimitive classes.

Some would argue that the pool of resources for equal division should also include the capital stock that one generation inherits from past generations.

The new Tory leader, argues former No10 special adviser Patrick Diamond, inherits no ' reformist mantle ' from his predecessors.

Thus, the modern embalmer inherits the mantle passed on through the centuries.

Caine plays Charlie, a petty criminal who inherits the plans to a $ 4 million gold bullion robbery in Turin.

The value must be greater than 0. Inherited Resources List inherits behavior and resources from the following superclasses.

Not everyone who inherits a genetic cancer susceptibility will develop a cancer.

Taking as a starting-point the wide archenteric cavity which the medusa inherits primitively from the antecedent actinula-stage (see article Medusa), we find, in such a form as Tessera, four interradial areas of concrescence between the exumbral and subumbral layers of endoderm, four so-called septal nodes or " cathammata," subdividing the stomach into four wide, radially situated pouches which communicate with each other beyond the septal nodes by wide apertures constituting what is termed by courtesy a ring-canal.

If an individual inherits one sickle hemoglobin gene they generally have no symptoms but they can pass this gene on to their children.

A female child inherits two X chromosomes, while a male child inherits an X chromosome from one parent and a Y chromosome from the other.

The child therefore inherits one defective gene responsible for making melanin from each parents.

If she has a son, he only inherits one X chromosome, which means there is a high chance that he will have Fragile X Syndrome.