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The word inherit is in the Wiktionary

10 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —
  • inherit v. (Transitive) To take possession of as a right (especially in Biblical translations).
  • inherit v. (Transitive) To receive (Property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner’s death.
  • inherit v. (Transitive, biology) To receive a characteristic from one’s ancestors by genetic transmission.
  • inherit v. (Transitive) To derive from people or conditions previously in force.
  • inherit v. (Intransitive) To come into an inheritance.
  • inherit v. (Computing, programming, transitive) To derive (existing functionality) from a superclass.
  • inherit v. (Computing, programming, transitive) To derive a new class from (a superclass).
  • inherit v. (Transitive, obsolete) To put in possession of.
— English word, defined in German —
  • inherit V. Etwas erben, übernehmen.
— English word, defined in French —
  • inherit v. Hériter.
50 English words from 8 English definitions

after ancestors bequest Biblical biology characteristic class come come␣into Computing conditions death derive especially etc existing force from functionality genetic in␣force inheritance into Intransitive legal new new␣class obsolete one owner people possession previous previously programming Property put put␣in receive right succession superclass take take␣possession the title To␣come transitive translations transmission

4 foreign words from 2 foreign definitions

erben Etwas Hériter übernehmen

31 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

inherits inherited inheritee inheriter inheritor inheritees inheriters inheriting inheritors inheritour inheritrix inheritable inheritably inheritance inheritence inheritours inheritress inheritances inheritrices inheritrixes inheritedness inheritresses inheritability inheritance␣law inheritance␣tax inheritableness inheritance␣taxes inheritance␣powder inherited␣audience inheritance␣powders inherited␣audiences

37 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

coinherits co-inherits coinherited co-inherited coinheritor disinherits misinherits uninherited coinheriting co-inheriting coinheritors disinherited disinheritee disinheritor misinherited noninherited coinheritance disinheritees disinheriting disinheritors misinheriting noninheriting uninheritable coinheritances disinheritable disinheritance misinheritance noninheritable noninheritance undisinherited disinheritances misinheritances undisinheritable uninheritability blending␣inheritance multiple␣inheritance classical␣inheritance

4 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

coinherit co-inherit disinherit misinherit

5 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Eri. her Her NHE rit

8 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ire IrE IRE Ire. reh Tir TIR tire

9 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

hirrient inherits in␣the␣air Reithian rheniite thiirane thiirene thingier thinwire

6 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

hinter intire nither theirn their'n tinier


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