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subsume collapse: consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle; contain or include; "This new system subsumes the old one"

befall collapse: become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?"

fall out collapse: have a breach in relations; "We fell out over a trivial question"; leave (a barracks) in order to take a place in a military formation, or leave a military formation; "the soldiers fell out"

overtake collapse: catch up with and possibly overtake; "The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp"

happen collapse: come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"; come into being; become reality; "Her dream really materialized"; happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance; "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These things befell" (Santayana); chance to be or do something, without intention or causation; "I happen to have just what you need!"

heirloom collapse: something that has been in a family for generations; (law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance

transpire collapse: give off (water) through the skin; come about, happen, or occur; "Several important events transpired last week"; come to light; become known; "It transpired that she had worked as spy in East Germany"; exude water vapor; "plants transpire"; pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas

occur collapse: come to one's mind; suggest itself; "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her"; to be found to exist; "sexism occurs in many workplaces"; "precious stones occur in a large area in Brazil"

come down collapse: criticize or reprimand harshly; "The critics came down hard on the new play"

hand down collapse: passed on, as by inheritance; "This ring was handed down through many generations"

bequeath collapse: leave or give by will after one's death; "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire estate"

heir apparent collapse: an heir whose right to an inheritance cannot be defeated if that person outlives the ancestor

birthright collapse: personal characteristics that are inherited at birth; a right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth; "free public education is the birthright of every American child"; an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture)

primogeniture collapse: right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son

presuppose collapse: require as a necessary antecedent or precondition; "This step presupposes two prior ones"; take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand; "I presuppose that you have done your work"

implicate collapse: bring into intimate and incriminating connection; "He is implicated in the scheme to defraud the government"

heritage collapse: practices that are handed down from the past by tradition; "a heritage of freedom"

connote collapse: involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic; "solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well"

heir collapse: a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another

denote collapse: have as a meaning; "`multi-' denotes `many' "; be a sign or indication of; "Her smile denoted that she agreed"

testify collapse: give testimony in a court of law; provide evidence for; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence"

inheritance collapse: hereditary succession to a title or an office or property; any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors; "my only inheritance was my mother's blessing"; "the world's heritage of knowledge"; (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents; that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner

hap collapse: an accidental happening; "he recorded all the little haps and mishaps of his life"

allegorize collapse: make into an allegory; "The story was allegorized over time"; interpret as an allegory

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