Verb

(en verb)

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

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

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=5 citation , passage=‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited . Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’}}

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

To derive from people or conditions previously in force.

To come into an inheritance.

(computing, programming, transitive) To derive (existing functionality) from a superclass.

(computing, programming, transitive) To derive a new class from (a superclass).

* 2006 , Daniel Solis, Illustrated C# 2005

For example, the following two code segments, from different assemblies, show how easy it is to inherit a class from another assembly.

(obsolete) To put in possession of.

(Shakespeare)

Verb

(rais)

(label) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.

# To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.

#* Bible, (w) xxxix. 3

I will raise forts against thee.

# To cause something to come to the surface of the sea.

# (label) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it.

# (label) To cause (a dead person) to live again, to cause to be undead.

# (military) To remove or break up (a blockade), either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them.

(label) To create, increase or develop.

# To collect.

# To bring up; to grow; to promote.

# To mention (a question, issue) for discussion.

# (label) To create; to constitute (a use , or a beneficial interest in property).

# (label) To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear.

#* Bible, (w) xviii. 18.

I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee.

#* (John Milton) (1608-1674)

God vouchsafes to raise another world From him [Noah], and all his anger to forget.

#* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)

, chapter=5, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.

To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.

(label) To exponentiate, to involute.

To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.

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To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or printing in which the sum payable is specified.