Part 807

Dryden.

Here*aft"er, n. A future existence or state.

'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter.

Addison.

Here*aft"er*ward (?), adv. Hereafter. [Obs.]

Thou shalt hereafterward . . . come.

Chaucer.

Here-at" (?), adv. At, or by reason of, this; as, he was offended hereat. Hooker.

Here*by" (?), adv. 1. By means of this.

And hereby we do know that we know him.

1 John ii. 3.

2. Close by; very near. [Obs.] Shak.

He*red`i*ta*bil"i*ty (?), n. State of being hereditable. Brydges.

He*red"i*ta*ble (?), a. [LL. hereditabilis, fr. hereditare to inherit, fr. L. hereditas heirship inheritance, heres heir: cf. OF. hereditable. See Heir, and cf. Heritable.] 1. Capable of being inherited. See Inheritable. Locke.

2. Qualified to inherit; capable of inheriting.

He*red"i*ta*bly, adv. By inheritance. W. Tooke.

Her`e*dit"a*ment (?), n. [LL. hereditamentum. See Hereditable.] (Law) Any species of property that may be inherited; lands, tenements, anything corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, or mixed, that may descend to an heir. Blackstone.

A corporeal hereditament is visible and tangible; an incorporeal hereditament is not in itself visible or tangible, being an hereditary right, interest, or obligation, as duty to pay rent, or a right of way.

He*red"i*ta*ri*ly (?), adv. By inheritance; in an hereditary manner. Pope.

He*red"i*ta*ry (?), a. [L. hereditarius, fr. hereditas heirship, inheritance, fr. heres heir: cf. F. hÈrÈditaire. See Heir.] 1. Descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law; received or passing by inheritance, or that must pass by inheritance; as, an hereditary estate or crown.

2. Transmitted, or capable of being transmitted, as a constitutional quality or condition from a parent to a child; as, hereditary pride, bravery, disease.

Syn. -- Ancestral; patrimonial; inheritable.

He*red"i*ty (?), n. [L. hereditas heirship.] (Biol.) Hereditary transmission of the physical and psychical qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants. See Pangenesis.

Her"e*ford (?), n. One of a breed of cattle originating in Herefordshire, England. The Herefords are good working animals, and their beef-producing quality is excellent.

Here"hence` (?), adv. From hence. [Obs.]

Here*in" (?), adv. [AS. h&?;rinne.] In this.

Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit.

John xv. 8.