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inherited
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | possess; be responsible for |
| Synonyms: | be in possession of, be possessed of, boast, control, dominate, enjoy, fall heir to, have, have in hand, have rights, have title, hold, inherit, keep, occupy, reserve, retain |
| Antonyms: | dispossess, lack, lose, need, not have, sell |
| Main Entry: | succeed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come after; take the place of |
| Synonyms: | accede, assume, be subsequent, come into, come into possession, come next, displace, ensue, enter upon, follow, follow after, follow in order, go next, inherit, postdate, replace, result, supersede, supervene, supplant, take over |
| Notes: | follow means to travel behind, go after, or come after; succeed means to come next in time or succession, follow after another or to attain success, reach a goal |
| Antonyms: | precede |
| Main Entry: | take after |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | emulate |
| Synonyms: | act like, be like, copy, ditto*, do like, follow, follow in the footsteps of, follow suit, follow the example of, imitate, inherit, look like, make like, mimic, mirror, pattern after, rival |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | inherent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
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Adjectives: |
bred in the bone, characteristic, congenital, congenite, connate, derived from within, essential, fixed, fundamental, hereditary, immanent, implanted, in the grain, inborn, inbred, incarnate, incurable, indigenous, ineradicable, ingenerate, ingrained, inherent, innate, instinctive, internal, intrinsic, intrinsical, invariable, inward, inwrought, longaminous, natural, normal, radical, running in the blood, subjective, thoroughbred, to the manner born, virtual
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