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Definition of heritable adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

heritable

adjective
 
/ˈherɪtəbl/
 
/ˈherɪtəbl/
(law)
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  1. (of property) that can be passed from one member of a family to another
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French heriter ‘inherit’, from ecclesiastical Latin hereditare, from Latin heres, hered- ‘heir’.
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