inherit (1 the orig. sense ‘to make heir’)
1.
to put (a person) in possession
“of”
R2 I. i. 85
“ us So much as of
a thought of ill in him.”
2.
to enjoy the
possession of, receive, hold as one's portion Tp. IV. i. 154,
R2 II. i. 83
“a grave, Whose hollow
womb i-s naught but bones,”
Cor. II. i. 217, Rom
I. ii. 30
“such delight . . .
shall you . . . ”
; so inheritance, possession, ownership All'sW. IV. iii. 315,
Cor. III. ii. 68, Ham. I. i. 92; inheritor,
possessor, owner LLL. II. i.
5, R3 IV. iii. 34, Ham. V. i. 119.
