Verb

To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.

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To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling; to maintain.

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To support by approval or encouragement.

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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.

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(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).

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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.

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