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inherit Verb 1. to receive money, property, or a title from someone who has died 2. to receive (a characteristic) from an earlier generation by heredity 3. to receive (a position or situation) from a predecessor: he inherited a mess [Old French enheriter] inheritor n
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inherit verb be left, come into, be willed, accede to, succeed to, be bequeathed, fall heir to |
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Let nothing linger after-- No whispering ghost remain, In wall, or beam, or rafter, Of any hate or pain: Cleanse and call home thy spirit, Deny her leave to cast, On aught thy heirs inherit, The shadow of her past. Nature is turning out Wilcoxes in this peaceful abode, so that they may inherit the earth. They are generally of French descent, and inherit much of the gayety and lightness of heart of their ancestors, being full of anecdote and song, and ever ready for the dance. |
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