Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IN-HER'ING, ppr.

Existing or fixed in something else.

IN-HER'IT, v.i.

To take or have possession or property. Thou shaft not inherit in our father's house. Judges xi.

IN-HER'IT, v.t. [Sp. heredar; Port. herdar; It. eredare; F. heriter; from L. hæres, an heir. See Heir.]

1. To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by succession, as the representative of the former possessor; to receive, as a right or title descendible by law from an ancestor at his decease. The heir inherits the lands or real estate of his father; the eldest son of the nobleman inherits his father's title, and the eldest son of a king inherits the crown.
2. To receive by nature from a progenitor. The son inherits the virtues of his father; the daughter inherits the temper of her mother, and children often inherit the constitutional infirmities of their parents.
3. To possess; to enjoy; to take as a possession, by gift or divine appropriation; as, to inherit everlasting life; to inherit the promises. That thou mayest live, and inherit the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee. Deut. xvi. The meek shall inherit the earth. Matth. v.

IN-HER-IT-A-BIL'I-TY, n.

The quality of being inheritable or descendible to heirs. Jefferson.

IN-HER'IT-A-BLE, a.

1. That may be inherited; transmissible or descendible from the ancestor to the heir by course of law; as, an inheritable estate or title.
2. That may be transmitted from the parent to the child; as, inheritable qualities or infirmities.
3. Capable of taking by inheritance, or of receiving by descent. By attainder – the blood of the person attainted is so corrupted as to be rendered no longer inheritable. Blackstone.

IN-HER'IT-A-BLY, adv.

By inheritance. Sherwood.

IN-HER'IT-ANCE, n.

1. An estate derived from an ancestor to an heir by succession or in course of law; or an estate which the law casts on a child or other person, as the representave of the deceased ancestor.
2. The reception of an estate by hereditary right, or the descent by which an estate or title is cast on the heir; as, the heir received the estate by inheritance.
3. The estate or possession which may descend to an heir, though it has not descended. And Rachel and Leah answered and said, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's houses? Gen. xxxi.
4. An estate given or possessed by donation or divine appropriation. Num. xxvi.
5. That which is possessed or enjoyed. Ask of me, and I wilt give thee the heathen for thine inheritance. Ps. ii.

IN-HER'IT-ED, pp.

Received by descent from an ancestor; possessed.

IN-HER'IT-ING, ppr.

Taking by succession or right of representation; receiving from ancestors; possessing.

IN-HER'IT-OR, n.

An heir; one who inherits or may inherit.

IN-HER'IT-RESS, or IN-HER'IT-RIX, n.

An heiress; a female who inherits or is entitled to inherit, after the death of her ancestor.

IN-HERSE', v.t. [inhers'; in and herse.]

To inclose in a funeral monument. Shak.

IN-HE'SION, n. [s as z. L. inhæsio, inhæreo.]

Inherence; the state of existing or being fixed in something.

IN-HI-A'TION, n. [L. inhiatio.]

A gaping after; eager desire. [Not used.]

IN-HIB'IT, v.i. [Ir. inhiber; L. inhibeo; in and habeo, to hold, properly to rush or drive.]

1. To restrain; to hinder; to check or repress. Their motions also are excited or inhibited – by the objects without them. Bentley.
2. To forbid; to prohibit; to interdict. All men were inhibited by proclamation at the Dissolution so much as to mention a parliament. Clarendon.

IN-HIB'IT-ED, pp.

Restrained; forbid.

IN-HIB'IT-ING, ppr.

Restraining; repressing; prohibiting.

IN-HI-BI'TION, n. [Fr. from inhibitio.]

1. Prohibition; restraint; embargo.
2. In law, a writ to forbid or inhibit a judge from farther proceedings in a cause depending before him; commonly, a writ issuing from a higher ecclesiastical court to an inferior one, on appeal. Cowel.

IN-HIB'IT-O-RY, a.

Prohibitory. Southey.

IN-HOLD', v.t. [pret. and pp. inheld. in and hold.]

To have inherent; to contain in itself. [Little used.] Ralegh.

IN-HOLD'ER, n.

An inhabitant. [Obs.] Spenser.

IN-HOOP', v.t. [in and hoop.]

To confine or inclose in any place. Shak.

IN-HOOP'ED, pp.

Confined or inclosed.

IN-HOS'PI-TA-BLE, a. [in and hospitable.]

1. Not hospitable; not disposed to entertain strangers gratuitously; declining to entertain guests, or entertaining them with reluctance; as, an inhospitable person or people.
2. Affording no conveniencies, subsistence or shelter to strangers; as, inhospitable deserts or rocks. Milton. Dryden.

IN-HOS'PI-TA-BLE-NESS, or IN-HOS-PI-TAL'I-TY, n.

Want of hospitality or kindness to strangers; refusal or unwillingness to entertain guests or strangers without reward. Chesterfield.