Inherits
[in'herits]
Examples
- The truth is, my daughter inherits my superiority to reason--and, in respect to that accomplishment, has got a long way ahead of her own father. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Perhaps he inherits that misfortune. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- She inherits her mother's talents, and must have been under subjection to her. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The child inherits less definitely organized instincts, but gre ater plasticity, than the lower animals. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
Inputed by Evelyn