Meaning of INHERITABLE
| Pronunciation: | | in'heritubul
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| | Definition: | | [adj] that can be inherited; "inheritable traits such as eye color"; "an inheritable title" |
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| | Synonyms: | | ancestral, familial, genetic, hereditary, heritable, inherited, inheriting, monogenic, nee, patrimonial, polygenic, transmissible, transmitted |
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| | Antonyms: | | nonheritable, noninheritable | | |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In*her"it*a*ble\, a.
1. Capable of being inherited; transmissible or descendible;
as, an inheritable estate or title. --Blackstone.
2. Capable of being transmitted from parent to child; as,
inheritable qualities or infirmities.
3. [Cf. OF. enheritable, inheritable.] Capable of taking by
inheritance, or of receiving by descent; capable of
succeeding to, as an heir.
By attainder . . . the blood of the person attainted
is so corrupted as to be rendered no longer
inheritable. --Blackstone.
The eldest daughter of the king is also alone
inheritable to the crown on failure of issue male.
--Blackstone.
{Inheritable blood}, blood or relationship by which a person
becomes qualified to be an heir, or to transmit
possessions by inheritance.
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