Associations to the word «Inherited»

Wiktionary

INHERITED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of inherit
INHERITED, adjective. Obtained via an inheritance
INHERITED, adjective. Diseases and disorders which are hereditary.

Dictionary definition

INHERITED, adjective. Occurring among members of a family usually by heredity; "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky