Heritage: alternatives and connections

The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.

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Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front.

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The act of bequeathing or leaving by will; as, a bequest of property by A. to B.

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Any right, privilege, or possession to which a person is entitled by birth, such as an estate descendible by law to an heir, or civil liberty under a…

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To form in the mind by new combinations of ideas, new applications of principles, or new arrangement of parts; to formulate by thought; to contrive;…

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Any furniture, movable, or personal chattel, which by law or special custom descends to the heir along with the inheritance; any piece of personal pr…

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A gift of property by will, esp. of money or personal property; a bequest. Also Fig.; as, a legacy of dishonor or disease.

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A right or estate inherited from one's father; or, in a larger sense, from any ancestor.

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The state of being the firstborn of the same parents; seniority by birth among children of the same family.

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The act or process of acquiring.

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To ascribe; to consider (something) as due or appropriate (to); to refer, as an effect to a cause; to impute; to assign; to consider as belonging (to…

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Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of risi…

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To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by inheritance; to take as heir on the death of an ancestor or other person to whose estate one succeeds…

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To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by inheritance; to take as heir on the death of an ancestor or other person to whose estate one succeeds…

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Any furniture, movable, or personal chattel, which by law or special custom descends to the heir along with the inheritance; any piece of personal pr…

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The act or state of inheriting; as, the inheritance of an estate; the inheritance of mental or physical qualities.

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