One who inherits, or is entitled to succeed to the possession of, any property after the death of its owner; one on whom the law bestows the title or property of another at the death of the latter.
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A female heir.
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A heiress.
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Same as Inheritress.
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The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air fr…
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The act of production; generation.
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Descendants of the human kind, or offspring of other animals; children; offspring; race, lineage.
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One who takes or receives in any manner.
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A receiver; the person or thing that receives; one to whom, or that to which, anything is given or communicated; specifically, the receiver of a stil…
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To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.
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To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.
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A proprietor or landholder in a parish.
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One who inherits; an heir.
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One who succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left, and sustains the like part or character; -- correlative to predecessor;…
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