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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

atavistic, bodily, born, coeval, congenital, connatal, connate, connatural, constitutional, genetic, genic, hereditary, in the blood, inborn, inbred, incarnate, indigenous, innate, instinctive, instinctual, matroclinous, native, native to, natural, natural to, organic, patrimonial, patroclinous, physical, primal, temperamental, unacquired

Dictionary Results for inherited:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

inherited
    adj 1: occurring among members of a family usually by heredity;
           "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically
           transmitted features" [syn: familial, genetic,
           hereditary, inherited, transmitted,
           transmissible]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Inherit \In*her"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inherited; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Inheriting.] [OE. enheriten to inherit, to give a
   heritage to, OF. enheriter to appoint as an heir, L.
   inhereditare; pref. in- in + hereditare to inherit, fr. heres
   heir. See Heir.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. (Law) To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by
      inheritance; to take as heir on the death of an ancestor
      or other person to whose estate one succeeds; to receive
      as a right or title descendible by law from an ancestor at
      his decease; as, the heir inherits the land or real estate
      of his father; the eldest son of a nobleman inherits his
      father's title; the eldest son of a king inherits the
      crown.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To receive or take by birth; to have by nature; to derive
      or acquire from ancestors, as mental or physical
      qualities, genes, or genetic traits; as, he inherits a
      strong constitution, a tendency to disease, etc.; to
      inherit hemophilia
      [1913 Webster +PJC]

            Prince Harry is valiant; for the cold blood he did
            naturally inherit of his father he hath . . .
            manured . . . with good store of fertile sherris.
                                                  --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. To come into possession of; to possess; to own; to enjoy
      as a possession.
      [1913 Webster]

            But the meek shall inherit the earth. --Ps. xxxvii.
                                                  11.
      [1913 Webster]

            To bury so much gold under a tree,
            And never after to inherit it.        --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   4. To put in possession of. [R.] --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

inherited \inherited\ adj. (Genetics)
   tending to occur among members of a family usually by
   heredity; as, an inherited disease.

   Syn: familial, genetic, hereditary, transmitted,
        transmissible.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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