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Antidiphtheritic
Antidiphtheritic An`ti*diph`the*rit"ic, a. (Med.)
Destructive to, or hindering the growth of, diphtheria
bacilli. -- n. An antidiphtheritic agent.
Coinheritance
Coinheritance Co`in*her"it*ance, n.
Joint inheritance.
Coinheritor
Coinheritor Co`in*her"it*or, n.
A coheir.
Diphtheritic
Diphtheritic Diph`the*rit"ic, a. (Med.)
1. Pertaining to, or connected with, diphtheria.
2. Having characteristics resembling those of diphtheria; as,
diphtheritic inflammation of the bladder.
Disheritance
Disheritance Dis*her"it*ance, n. [Cf. OF. desheritance.]
The act of disinheriting or state of being disinherited;
disinheritance. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
Disheritor
Disheritor Dis*her"it*or, n. (Law)
One who puts another out of his inheritance.
DisinheritDisinherit Dis`in*her"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disinherited;
p. pr. & vb. n. Disinheriting.] [Cf. Disherit,
Disheir.]
1. To cut off from an inheritance or from hereditary
succession; to prevent, as an heir, from coming into
possession of any property or right, which, by law or
custom, would devolve on him in the course of descent.
Of how fair a portion Adam disinherited his whole
posterity! --South.
2. To deprive of heritage; to dispossess.
And disinherit Chaos, that reigns here. --Milton. Disinheritance
Disinheritance Dis`in*her"it*ance, n.
The act of disinheriting, or the condition of being;
disinherited; disherison.
DisinheritedDisinherit Dis`in*her"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disinherited;
p. pr. & vb. n. Disinheriting.] [Cf. Disherit,
Disheir.]
1. To cut off from an inheritance or from hereditary
succession; to prevent, as an heir, from coming into
possession of any property or right, which, by law or
custom, would devolve on him in the course of descent.
Of how fair a portion Adam disinherited his whole
posterity! --South.
2. To deprive of heritage; to dispossess.
And disinherit Chaos, that reigns here. --Milton. DisinheritingDisinherit Dis`in*her"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disinherited;
p. pr. & vb. n. Disinheriting.] [Cf. Disherit,
Disheir.]
1. To cut off from an inheritance or from hereditary
succession; to prevent, as an heir, from coming into
possession of any property or right, which, by law or
custom, would devolve on him in the course of descent.
Of how fair a portion Adam disinherited his whole
posterity! --South.
2. To deprive of heritage; to dispossess.
And disinherit Chaos, that reigns here. --Milton. Heritability
Heritability Her`it*a*bil"i*ty, n.
The state of being heritable.
Heritance
Heritance Her"it*ance, n. [OF. heritance.]
Heritage; inheritance. [R.]
Robbing their children of the heritance Their fathers
handed down --Southey.
Heritor
Heritor Her"it*or, n. [Cf. LL. her?ator, fr. L. heres an
heir.]
A proprietor or landholder in a parish. [Scot.]
Inheritability
Inheritability In*her`it*a*bil"i*ty, n.
The quality of being inheritable or descendible to heirs.
--Jefferson.
InheritableInheritable In*her"it*a*ble, a.
1. Capable of being inherited; transmissible or descendible;
as, an inheritable estate or title. --Blackstone.
2. Capable of being transmitted from parent to child; as,
inheritable qualities or infirmities.
3. [Cf. OF. enheritable, inheritable.] Capable of taking by
inheritance, or of receiving by descent; capable of
succeeding to, as an heir.
By attainder . . . the blood of the person attainted
is so corrupted as to be rendered no longer
inheritable. --Blackstone.
The eldest daughter of the king is also alone
inheritable to the crown on failure of issue male.
--Blackstone.
Inheritable blood, blood or relationship by which a person
becomes qualified to be an heir, or to transmit
possessions by inheritance. Inheritable bloodInheritable In*her"it*a*ble, a.
1. Capable of being inherited; transmissible or descendible;
as, an inheritable estate or title. --Blackstone.
2. Capable of being transmitted from parent to child; as,
inheritable qualities or infirmities.
3. [Cf. OF. enheritable, inheritable.] Capable of taking by
inheritance, or of receiving by descent; capable of
succeeding to, as an heir.
By attainder . . . the blood of the person attainted
is so corrupted as to be rendered no longer
inheritable. --Blackstone.
The eldest daughter of the king is also alone
inheritable to the crown on failure of issue male.
--Blackstone.
Inheritable blood, blood or relationship by which a person
becomes qualified to be an heir, or to transmit
possessions by inheritance. Inheritably
Inheritably In*her"it*a*bly, adv.
By inheritance. --Sherwood.
Inheritor
Inheritor In*her"it*or, n.
One who inherits; an heir.
Born inheritors of the dignity. --Milton.
Inheritress
Inheritress In*her"it*ress, n.
A heiress. --Milman.
InheritrixInheritrix In*her"it*rix, n.
Same as Inheritress. --Shak. Pucherite
Pucherite Pu"cher*ite, n. [So named from the Pucher Mine, in
Saxony.] (Min.)
Vanadate of bismuth, occurring in minute reddish brown
crystals.
Witherite
Witherite With"er*ite, n. [So called after Dr. W. Withering.]
(Min.)
Barium carbonate occurring in white or gray six-sided twin
crystals, and also in columnar or granular masses.
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