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hereditable, a.|hɪˈrɛdɪtəb(ə)l|
[a. obs. F. héréditable, ad. L. type *hērēditābilis, f. hērēditāre to inherit, f. hērēs, hērēd-em heir.]
1. Of things: That may be inherited; subject to inheritance; heritable.
1494Fabyan Chron. vii. 675 A prouerbe amonge the Frenshemen..(Principibus obsequi hereditarium non esse) the whiche is to meane, the seruyce of prynces is not heredytable. 1654Gayton Pleas. Notes iv. v. 197 Dropsies, Gowts..and most diseases are as hæreditable from our Parents, as their estates. 1690Locke Govt. i. ix. §103 Adam..being neither monarch, nor his imaginary monarchy hereditable. 1841Elphinstone Hist. Ind. I. 125 These people..are admitted..to have a hereditable and transferable interest in it. 1872Contemp. Rev. XX. 399.
†2. Of persons: Capable of inheriting; having a right of inheritance; = heritable 3. Obs.
1643Prynne Sov. Power Parl. i. (ed. 2) 97 Declaring some of his issues legitimate and hereditable to the Crowne, others not. 1655M. Carter Hon. Rediv. (1660) 87 The making any men hereditable. |