To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by
   inheritance; to take as heir on the death of an ancestor or other
   person to whose estate one succeeds; to receive as a right or title
   descendible by law from an ancestor at his decease; as, the heir
   inherits the land or real estate of his father; the eldest son of a
   nobleman inherits his father's title; the eldest son of a king inherits
   the crown.