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)