Meaning of herit | Babel Free

Definitions

Synonym of inherit.

rare, transitive

Examples

“Reaſon holdeth confidence to argue thy treaſon by that ſhe depoſeth the fro thy heyghte to be an heryter: foꝛ he that lyueth heryteth deathe, and not death the lyfe, foꝛ all dyeth, and it heryteth al in theyꝛ life.”

“He doth from duſt the weakling raiſe, / From dunghill lifts the needy-one: / With Princes them to ſeat in praiſe, / And make-them-herit Glory’s throne: […]”

““Vainly I seek ye: Death’s effacing finger / “Hath swept ye one by one: each hallow’d spirit / “Hath gone the land of life and love to herit, / “Hark! they are calling—doth Elia linger?””

“To those who create themselves wits at the cost of feminine delicacy (a habit of mind which be never did hold with) to them he would concede neither to bear the name nor to herit the tradition of a proper breeding: […]”

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