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• v  obtain from someone after their death
  I inherited a castle from my French grandparents
• v  receive from a predecessor
  The new chairman inherited many problems from the previous chair
• v  receive by genetic transmission
  I inherited my good eyesight from my mother
• s  occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
  an inherited disease

• A new study shows that key characteristics may be inherited.
• Cari, for instance, has one normal X chromosome (with 24 repeats), inherited from her mother, and another with an abnormal 85 repeats, inherited from her father, who has 89 repeats.
• In 1993 the debate grew fiercer after researchers announced a study linking some male homosexuality to genes inherited from the mother.

• inherit
• familial
• genetic
• hereditary
• transmitted
• transmissible

News & Articles

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• Ole Miss football program enjoys progress in APR
  Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze inherited what was considered to be an almost impossible academic situation, with more than 20 players at risk of academic ineligibility in January 2012.
  June 12, 2013 - The Clarion-Ledger
• Bucks family 'blindsided' by estate tax
  While property inherited by a surviving spouse is not taxed by the state, the rate is 15 percent for nieces and nephews.
  June 11, 2013 - Bucks County Courier Times
• Patrick Schwarzenegger Flaunts Washboard Abs, Follows in Arnold's Bodybuilding Footsteps
  Looks like Patrick Schwarzenegger inherited Arnold's love for getting buff! The 19-year-old model, actor and USC student showed off his chiseled physique on Twitter...
  June 10, 2013 - E! Online

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in Washington Post
  The budget proposal "reflects the stark reality of what we've inherited: a trillion-dollar deficit, a financial crisis and a costly recession," Obama said.
• George Osborne in The Press Association
  He pulled no punches about the state he said the last government left the economy in, saying: "This is an emergency Budget, so let me speak plainly about the emergency that we face. The coalition Government has inherited from its predecessor the...
• Lawrence Summers in International Herald Tribune
  It can't all be private capital ...... not given the size of the financial mess we have inherited,Summers said in an interview on Fox News Sunday.