| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | her·i·ta·ble |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  h r  -t -bl |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Capable of being passed from one generation to the next; hereditary. 2. Capable of inheriting or taking by inheritance. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French, from heriter, to inherit, from Late Latin h rdit re. See inherit. | | OTHER FORMS: | her i·ta·bili·ty —NOUN
heri·ta·bly —ADVERB
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