verb

• (transitive) To take possession of as a right (especially in Biblical translations).
• (transitive) To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.
• (transitive, biology) To receive a characteristic from one's ancestors by genetic transmission.
• (transitive) To derive from people or conditions previously in force.
• (intransitive) To come into an inheritance.
• (computing, programming, transitive) To derive (existing functionality) from a superclass.
• (computing, programming, transitive) To derive a new class from (a superclass).
• (transitive, obsolete) To put in possession of.