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<hw>He*red"i*ta*ri*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>By inheritance; in an hereditary manner.</def>

<i>Pope.</i>

<h1>Hereditary</h1> <Xpage=687>

<hw>He*red"i*ta*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hereditarius</ets>, fr. <ets>hereditas</ets> heirship, inheritance, fr. <ets>heres</ets> heir: cf. F. <ets>h\'82r\'82ditaire</ets>. See <er>Heir</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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>as, an <ex>hereditary</ex> estate or crown</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Transmitted, or capable of being transmitted, as a constitutional quality or condition from a parent to a child; <as>as, <ex>hereditary</ex> pride, bravery, disease</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Ancestral; patrimonial; inheritable.</syn>

<h1>Heredity</h1> <Xpage=687>

<hw>He*red"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hereditas</ets> heirship.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>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 <er>Pangenesis</er>.</def>

<h1>Hereford</h1> <Xpage=687>

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

<h1>Herehence</h1> <Xpage=687>

<hw>Here"hence`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>From hence.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Herein</h1> <Xpage=687>

<hw>Here*in"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>h</ets><?/<ets>rinne</ets>.]</ety> <def>In this.</def>

<blockquote><b>Herein</b> is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit. <i>John xv. 8.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hereinafter</h1> <Xpage=687>

<hw>Here`in*aft"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In the following part of this (writing, document, speech, and the like).</def>

<h1>Hereinbefore</h1> <Xpage=687>

<hw>Here`in*be*fore"</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In the preceding part of this (writing, document, book, etc.).</def>

<h1>Hereinto</h1> <Xpage=687>

<hw>Here`in*to"</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Into this.</def>

<i>Hooker.</i>

<h1>Heremit, Heremite</h1> <Xpage=687>

<hw><hw>Her"e*mit</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Her"e*mite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Hermit</er>.]</ety> <def>A hermit.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Heremitical</h1> <Xpage=687>

<hw>Her`e*mit"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to a hermit; solitary; secluded from society.</def>

<i>Pope.</i>