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hereditable

hereditable adjective: capable of being inherited.

Adjective

hereditable (comparative more hereditable, superlative most hereditable)

  1. Capable of being inherited.
    • Any Protestant who became a Catholic forfeited his whole hereditable estate to the nearest Protestant heir.1913, “Penal Laws”, in Catholic Encyclopedia

Forms of hereditable

comparativemore hereditable
superlativemost hereditable

Words formed from hereditable

Questions about hereditable

What does hereditable mean?
Hereditable means capable of being inherited.
What part of speech is hereditable?
Hereditable is an adjective.

Words near hereditable in the dictionary

  1. Hereclean
  2. Heredia
  3. Heredias
  4. hereditabilities
  5. hereditability
  6. hereditable
  7. hereditably
  8. hereditament
  9. hereditaments
  10. hereditarian
  11. hereditarianism

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