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heritance

[ her-i-tns ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Archaic.

1350–1400; Middle English herita ( u ) nce < Middle French heritance, equivalent to herit ( er ) to inherit + -ance -ance; heir

My mother, who died at sea when I was born, gave me a heritance with winds and waves and stars.

Only he had the good sense to die before he had spent all his heritance.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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