Hyphenation of inherit

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word inherit? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

in-her-it

Definitions of inherit:

1.
Obtain from someone after their death
I inherited a castle from my French grandparents
2.
Receive from a predecessor
The new chairman inherited many problems from the previous chair
3.
Receive by genetic transmission
I inherited my good eyesight from my mother

Synonyms of inherit:

verbcome into, get, acquire
verb receive, have

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