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View synonyms for inheritable

inheritable

[ in-her-i-tuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. capable of being inherited.
  2. capable of inheriting; qualified to inherit.


inheritable

/ ɪnˈhɛrɪtəbəl /

adjective

  1. capable of being transmitted by heredity from one generation to a later one
  2. capable of being inherited
  3. rare.
    capable of inheriting; having the right to inherit
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • inˈheritably, adverb
  • inˌheritaˈbility, noun
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Other Words From

  • in·herit·a·bili·ty in·herit·a·ble·ness noun
  • in·herit·a·bly adverb
  • nonin·herit·a·bili·ty noun
  • nonin·herit·a·ble adjective
  • nonin·herit·a·ble·ness noun
  • unin·herit·a·bili·ty noun
  • unin·herit·a·ble adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of inheritable1

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Anglo-French; in- 2, heritable
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Example Sentences

Sanger advocated sterilization for the “insane and feeble-minded” and those with “inheritable or transmissible diseases.”

More controversially, CRISPR could be used to create “designer babies” with inheritable genetic changes.

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Most of her blood-relations are, so far as inheritable morbid conditions are concerned, thoroughly healthy.

He might die the very day after celebrating the espousals, and then—not even the ducal robes were inheritable.

Moreover, only one of them is actually inheritable, and that one is transmitted relatively seldom.

On the contrary, the individuals hold upon his strips developed very rapidly into an inheritable and partible ownership.

If they are inheritable, Jefferson was entitled to them on both the paternal and maternal side.

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