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Inheritable adj.

Capable of being inherited; transmissible or descendible; as, an inheritable estate or title.

Capable of being transmitted from parent to child; as, inheritable qualities or infirmities.

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." "The eldest daughter of the king is also alone inheritable to the crown on failure of issue male."

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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Etymology of 'Inheritable'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Inheritable" Quotes from Famous Books

... subject, and, as far as direct and immediate heredity is concerned, will have to work just about as hard to master the subject as will the same average class of children whose parents were not surgeons. This must not be taken to mean that certain abilities and tendencies are not inheritable—for they are; but they are inherited through the parents—and not from them—directly. These transmitted characteristics are largely "stock" traits, and usually have long been ...

— The Mother and Her Child • William S. Sadler

... time a daughter of the Doge of Venice was nearly chosen. Unfortunately there were influential Greeks of greater pride than judgment to object to the Doge. He was merely an elective chief. He might die the very day after celebrating the espousals, and then—not even the ducal robes were inheritable. No, the flower to deck the Byzantine throne ...

— The Prince of India - Or - Why Constantinople Fell - Volume 1 • Lew. Wallace

... approximately correct. It may be stated as follows: Children inherit on the average one-half their characteristics from parents, one-fourth from grandparents, one-eighth from great-grandparents, and so on in ever diminishing ratio to remote ancestors. But owing to the fact that some inheritable traits or characters are likely to be dominant and others recessive, Galton's law must be modified, so that only under the most favorable conditions can it be ...

— Parent and Child Vol. III., Child Study and Training • Mosiah Hall

... transmissible. The creation of a man of genius seems to require a special effort of Nature, after which, as if fatigued, she reposes a long time before again making a similar effort. But it may well be doubted whether even those complex mental attributes on which genius and talent depend are not inheritable, particularly when both parents are thus endowed. That distinguished men do not more frequently have distinguished sons, may readily be accounted for when it is recollected that the inherited character is due to the combined influence of both parents. The desirable qualities of the father ...

— The Physical Life of Woman: - Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother • Dr. George H Napheys

Words linked to "Inheritable" : inheriting, transmissible, heritable, nee, ancestral, patrimonial, inherited, hereditary, transmitted, monogenic, polygenic