Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- By way of inheritance; so as to be capable of transmission by inheritance: as, to convey a property heritably.
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- adverb In a
heritable manner
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Examples
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We have seen genomes irreversibly and heritably altered by numerous phenomena, including gene flow, random genetic drift, natural selection, and mutation.
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But I have great contempt, I admit, for nonscientific leaping from (1) the idea that “races” exist, distinguished by “identifiable heritable characteristics,” to (2) the assertion that a thing called “intelligence” exists and varies significantly, heritably, and nonremediably between racial groups, to (3) the belief (allegedly apolitical and reluctant) that the inequities of our present social order are caused by said heritable, race-linked, fixed “intelligence.”
Derbyshire at National Review on Kitzmiller - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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Succession of all kinds, whether in land, bonds heritably secured, or movable funds, should be taxed at the same rate.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 Various
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A creditor in Scotland, who succeeds to a bond for £100,000, heritably secured, pays nothing; if it is on personal security, he pays the full legacy duty of £10,000.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 Various
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Therefore I do mortify and dispose to and in favour of the said University of Edinburgh, for the foundation and endowment of ten equal Bursaries, to be called the 'John Welsh Bursaries,' in the said University, heritably and irredeemably, all and whole the lands of Upper Craigenputtoch.
On the Choice of Books Thomas Carlyle 1838
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If industrial contaminants adversely affect organisms by meiotically-heritably altering their epigenetic signals, then cleaning up these contaminants will not remedy the problem.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2010
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If industrial contaminants adversely affect organisms by meiotically-heritably altering their epigenetic signals, then cleaning up these contaminants will not remedy the problem.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Environment of a parent can affect its descendants by heritably altering epigenetic signals.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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If industrial contaminants adversely affect organisms by meiotically-heritably altering their epigenetic signals, then cleaning up these contaminants will not remedy the problem.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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Environment of a parent can affect its descendants by heritably altering epigenetic signals.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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