desired

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But root and urge I do insist and claim, for had I not heired too from all the unsistered Eves since the Snake?

From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner

Here sire is heired by son, And war comes never; ancle deep in flowers In summer walk its dames among the sunny bowers.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 549 (Supplementary number) by Various

I had heired my father's business,—the deacon, who had died full of honors, ripe in years, and in perfect peace.

From The Busted Ex-Texan and Other Stories by Murray, W. H. H. (William Henry Harrison)

If the son died in his father's lifetime, the grandson heired the portion of his father.

From The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, March, 1880 by Walker, Aaron

Helge and Halfdan, by will of the people, took jointly the kingdom Left by their father; but Fridthjof, an only son, heired alone Framness, Took unmolested possession, and settled himself there in quiet.

From Fridthjof's Saga; a Norse romance by Holcomb, Martha A. Lyon