Reverse Dictionary: INHERIT

ADJECTIVES
► BIGENOUS inherited from both parents → 1894
► HEREDIPETOUS legacy-hunting; hunting for an inheritance → 1866
► ILL-HEIRED inheriting bad qualities → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PRIMOGENITAL relating to primogeniture → a1706
► PRIMOGENITARY relating to primogeniture → 1827
► PRIMOGENITIVE relating to primogeniture → 1842
► SUCCESSIVE of persons: succeeding by inheritance → 1592 obs.
► SUCCESSORY succeeding by inheritance; hereditary → 1610 obs.

ADVERBS
► SUCCESSIVELY by succession or inheritance → 1594 obs.

NOUNS
► ALLOTTERY share or portion, as by inheritance → 1623 obs.
► BAIRN-DOLE inheritance → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BAIRN-PART inheritance → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FLANDERS FORTUNE a relatively small fortune or inheritance → L17 sl.
► HEREDATION the act of inheriting; inheritance → 1606 obs.
► HERIT inheritance → c1475 obs.
► INHERITAGE inheritance → 1886 Eng. dial.
► PEELED EGG a rich inheritance → 1721 Sc.
► PRIMOGENITIVE the right of the firstborn child of a family, esp. a son, to succeed or inherit property or title to the exclusion of other claimants → a1616 obs.
► PRIMOGENITURE the right of the firstborn child of a family, esp. a son, to succeed or inherit property or title to the exclusion of other claimants → 1614
► PRIMOGENITURESHIP the right of the firstborn child of a family, esp. a son, to succeed or inherit property or title to the exclusion of other claimants → 1622
► STRIND an inherited quality or disposition → a1513 obs.
► SUCCESSION that to which a person succeeds as heir; an inheritance → 1382 obs.
► ULTIMOGENITURE the mode of succession by which the right of inheritance pertains to the youngest of a family → 1882

NOUNS – PERSON
(also see HEIR)
► DRY SKIN a person who died without leaving much of an inheritance → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► HERETRICE a female heir or inheritor; an heiress → c1575
► HERETRIX a female heir or inheritor; an heiress → c1575
► HERITOR one who inherits; an heir or heiress → 1475
► HERITRESS an heiress, an inheritress → c1515
► HERITRIX a female heir or inheritor; an heiress → c1575
► PRIMOGENITURIST a person who believes that the right of succession or inheritance belongs to the firstborn → a1849

VERBS
► HEIR to become an heir to; to inherit → 1806 Amer. dial.
► HERIT to inherit → a1533 obs.
► SUCCEED to fall heir to, to inherit, to come into possession of → 1490 obs.
► TAKE ON to succeed to an inheritance or business; to take charge of → 1901 Sc.
► WAIT FOR DEAD MEN’S SHOES to look forward to an inheritance; to live in expectation of a legacy or other advantage from a man’s death → 1546