Inheriting
[in'heritɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inherit
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Examples
- Bell, inheriting unusual knowledge of the laws of speech and sound, came from the other direction. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The son inheriting, was so merciful as to forgive me both, and place me here. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It certainly is a most iniquitous affair, said Mr. Bennet, and nothing can clear Mr. Collins from the guilt of inheriting Longbourn. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- He came from the working classes, inheriting no special gift for science, and little leisure to follow his own bent. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- And now, with something of the terror of a destructive child, he saw himself on the point of inheriting his own destruction. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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