inherited Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb obtain from someone after their death
inherit.
- I inherited a castle from my French grandparents
verb receive from a predecessor
inherit.
- The new chairman inherited many problems from the previous chair
verb receive by genetic transmission
inherit.
- I inherited my good eyesight from my mother
adjective satellite occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
transmissible; familial; hereditary; genetic; transmitted.
- an inherited disease
- familial traits
- genetically transmitted features