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Meanings of inherit in inglés

To receive all the propertes belonging to a deceased person.

Usage of inherit in inglés
1
Jesus was right: it seems the meek shall, indeed, inherit the earth.
The Irish Times
2
The Conservatives want to inherit power; I want us to earn it.
The Guardian
3
We should not leave our children to inherit this conflict, she said.
Reuters
4
Shazam Shazam is surely proof that the geeks shall inherit the earth.
Reuters
5
Whoever takes over will inherit a theatre with a striking international programme.
The Guardian
6
That's normally the first thing reporters focus on: who's going to inherit.
The Neutronium Alchemist
7
That means we cannot inherit the throne or rule England after him.
The lady elizabeth
8
Are you sure you couldn't, you know, inherit that, as a trait?'
The genesis secret
9
Desert-marriages are illegal; the children born of them are incompetent to inherit.
A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6
10
It says blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
The stand
11
He only saw in me the fortune that I was to inherit.
Baron Trigault's Vengeance
12
And the nation which is without it will never inherit the earth.
Banzai! by Parabellum
13
What kind of economy will the next president of the US inherit?
The Irish Times
14
Indeed, Father, I am to inherit nothing from you, nothing at all.
Forge of Darkness
15
You inherit from your mother the power and the charm of expression.
Mary Anerley: A Yorkshire Tale
16
But I know you did not inherit all the money you gained.
The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate
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United Kingdom
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Ireland
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United States of America
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