Meaning

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

  "Your descendants will inherit the earth."

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

  "After Grandad died, I inherited the house."

• To receive a characteristic from one's ancestors by genetic transmission.

  "Let's hope the baby inherits his mother's looks and his father's intelligence."

• To derive from people or conditions previously in force.

  "This country has inherited an invidious class culture."

• To come into an inheritance.

  "Lucky old Daniel – his grandfather died rich, and he's inherited."

• To derive (existing functionality) from a superclass.

  "ModalWindow inherits all the properties and methods of Window."

• To derive a new class from (a superclass).

• To put in possession of.