To inherit or to receive property, titles, or qualities passed down from predecessors.
From 'en-' plus 'herit,' from Old French 'heriter,' from Late Latin 'hereditare' (to inherit). The 'en-' prefix intensifies the action of receiving an inheritance.
This is an obsolete variant of 'inherit,' but 'enherit' was used in medieval legal documents—lawyers loved adding 'en-' to make words sound more formal and binding, especially for important things like inheritance disputes.
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