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inherit

/ɪnˈhɛɹɪt/ verbe B2

En français : hériter

  1. To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest, usually after the previous owner's death. (transitive) · After Grandad died, I inherited the house.
  2. To come into an inheritance. (intransitive, transitive) · Lucky old Daniel – his grandfather died rich, and he's inherited.
  3. To take possession of as a right (especially in Biblical translations). (transitive) · Your descendants will inherit the earth.
  4. To receive a characteristic from one's ancestors by genetic transmission. (transitive) · Let's hope the baby inherits his mother's looks and his father's intelligence.
  5. To derive from people or conditions previously in force. (transitive) · This country has inherited an invidious class culture.
  6. To derive (existing functionality) from a superclass. (transitive) · ModalWindow inherits all the properties and methods of Window.
  7. To derive a new class from (a superclass). (transitive)

He/she/it inherits · Prétérit inherited · Participe passé inherited · Forme en -ing inheriting

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Prétérit
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Participe passé
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Forme en -ing
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Dans la bibliothèque

Of course Mowgli, as a woodcutter’s child, inherited all sorts of instincts, and used to make little huts of fallen branches without thinking how he came to do it.
The Jungle Book, p. 37 · B2
Rikki-tikki’s eyes grew red again, and he danced up to Karait with the peculiar rocking, swaying motion that he had inherited from his family.
The Jungle Book, p. 71 · B2
Bingley inherited property to the amount of nearly a hundred thousand pounds from his father, who had intended to purchase an estate, but did not live to do it.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 15 · B2
Collins from the guilt of inheriting Longbourn.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 68 · B2

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