Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to inherit
Participle: inherited
Gerund: inheriting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | inherit |
| you | inherit |
| he;she;it | inherits |
| we | inherit |
| you | inherit |
| they | inherit |
Perfect
| I | have inherited |
| you | have inherited |
| he;she;it | has inherited |
| we | have inherited |
| you | have inherited |
| they | have inherited |
Past
| I | inherited |
| you | inherited |
| he;she;it | inherited |
| we | inherited |
| you | inherited |
| they | inherited |
Pluperfect
| I | had inherited |
| you | had inherited |
| he;she;it | had inherited |
| we | had inherited |
| you | had inherited |
| they | had inherited |
Future
| I | will inherit |
| you | will inherit |
| he;she;it | will inherit |
| we | will inherit |
| you | will inherit |
| they | will inherit |
Future Perfect
| I | will have inherited |
| you | will have inherited |
| he;she;it | will have inherited |
| we | will have inherited |
| you | will have inherited |
| they | will have inherited |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | inherit |
| you | inherit |
| he;she;it | inherit |
| we | inherit |
| you | inherit |
| they | inherit |
Perfect
| I | have inherited |
| you | have inherited |
| he;she;it | have inherited |
| we | have inherited |
| you | have inherited |
| they | have inherited |
Imperfect
| I | inherited |
| you | inherited |
| he;she;it | inherited |
| we | inherited |
| you | inherited |
| they | inherited |
Pluperfect
| I | had inherited |
| you | had inherited |
| he;she;it | had inherited |
| we | had inherited |
| you | had inherited |
| they | had inherited |
Conditional
Present
| I | would inherit |
| you | would inherit |
| he;she;it | would inherit |
| we | would inherit |
| you | would inherit |
| they | would inherit |
Perfect
| I | would have inherited |
| you | would have inherited |
| he;she;it | would have inherited |
| we | would have inherited |
| you | would have inherited |
| they | would have inherited |
Imperative
| you | inherit |
| we | Let's inherit |
| you | inherit |
Verbs conjugated like 'inherit'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'inherit'
coinherit,
disherit,
enherite,
inert,
inhabit,
inheart,
inhere,
inherse,
inhibit,
insert,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1304, "to make (someone) an heir," from O.Fr.
enheriter "make heir, appoint as heir," from L.L.
inhereditare "to appoint as heir," from L.
in- "in" +
hereditare "to inherit," from
heres (gen.
heredis) "heir." Sense of "receive inheritance" arose c.1340; original sense is retained in
disinherit. First record of
inheritance "that which is inherited" is from 1473.
2. From Middle English enheriten, from Old French enheriter, from Late Latin inhereditare (“make heir”). Displaced native Old English ierfan. See: Old French '
enheriter'.
Verbs referencing "inherit"
Cornish
erita.
Sample Sentences
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[...] crazy, wretched cabins, near to which groups of half-naked children basked in the sun, or wallowed on the dusty ground. But I believe that this gentleman is a considerate and excellent master, who inherited his fifty slaves, and is neither a buyer nor a seller of human stock; and I am sure, from my own observation and conviction, that he is a kind-hearted, worthy man.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] Augustine was a Huguenot French lady, whose family had emigrated to Louisiana during the days of its early settlement. Augustine and another brother were the only children of their parents. Having inherited from his mother an exceeding delicacy of constitution, he was, at the instance of physicians, during many years of his boyhood, sent to the care of his uncle in Vermont, in order that his [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)