hereafter 
And heraftir no man be heuy to me. for I here in my 
bodi tbe tokenes of oare Lorde Jesu Crist. 
Wyclif, Gal. vi. 17. 
We . . . hope that ... [a man's] honest error, though 
it cannot be pardoned here, will not be counted to him for 
sin hereafter. Macaulay, Leigh Hunt. 
hereafter (her-af ter), a. and . [< hereafter, 
ado.'] I. a. That is to be ; future. [Rare.] 
That hereafter ages may behold 
What ruin happen d In revenge of him, 
Within their chiefest temple 1 11 erect 
A tomb. Shak., 1 Hen. VI., ii. 2. 
H. n. A future state ; tbe future. 
Tie heaven itself that points out an hereafter. 
Addison, Cato, v. 1. 
Thus departed Hiawatha . . . 
To the land of the Hereafter. 
Longfellow, Hiawatha, xxii. 
hereafterwardt, hereafterwardst, adv. [ME. 
heraftirward; < here 1 + afterward, afterwards.'] 
Hereafter. 
Thou shalt herenfterwardes, my brother deere, 
Come, there thee nedeth not of me to leere. 
Chaucer, Frere's Tale, 1. 217. 
Heraftiruiard, britheren, be ghe coumfortid in the Lord 
and in the rnyght of his vertu, Wyclif, Eph. vi. 10. 
hereagainstt (her'a-genst'), adv. [ME. for 
ageines; < here 1 + against.] Opposite this place. 
This Hand is inhabited, and hath great plentie of wine 
and frutes, and hereayainttt we were becalmed. 
Hakluyt'i Voyages, II. 102. 
hereat (her-af), adv. [< Acre 1 + at.'] At or by 
reason of this. 
Hereat this young man sadly grieved. 
The Su/olk Miracle (Child's Ballads, L, 219). 
hereaway (her'a-wa"), adv. [< here 1 + away.] 
Hereabout; in this neighborhood, or in this di- 
rection. [Collect.] 
We knew before that these towns were here aicay; but 
had we known that this river turned and ran in among 
them, we should never have undertaken the enterprise. 
R. Knox (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 416> 
Hereaway 
The fell lycanthrope tlnds no prey. 
Whittier, Against Fugitive Slave Act 
hereawayst (her'a-waz*'), adv. [< hereaway + 
adv. gen. suffix -s.] Same as hereaway. 
Here-awaies liued a people called Dogzyn, which others 
called Pagans, of no sect, nor subject to any Prince. 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 162. 
herebeforet, adr. [< ME. here-bifore, herbiforne: 
see here 1 and before.] Before this time ; here- 
tofore. 
Sire, sum time here-bifor, in my gong age, 
I wedded with al wele a worechipful lady. 
William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.),!. 4072. 
herebefornt, adv. [ME. heretofore, herbiforn, 
< here 1 + beforn, var. of before: see before."} 
Same as herebefore. 
Thou hast told me hercbeforne, that he nis not to blame 
that chaungeth his conseil in certeyn cas, and for certeyne 
and just causes. Chaucer, Tale of Melibeus. 
here-being (her-be'ing), n. [ME. herebeyng; < 
here 1 + being, n.] Present existence. 
I segge by jow riche it semeth noujt that je shulle 
Haue heuene in gowre here-beyny and heuene her -after. 
Piers Plowman (S), xiv. 141. 
herebodet, [Appar. repr. an AS. *herebod (not 
found), < here, army, + bod, gebod. command: 
see bode^.] A royal edict calling citizens or 
subjects into the field : an old law term so ex- 
plained by Skinner. It is also cited as herebote, 
which would mean a military tax or contribu- 
tion. 
hereby (her-bl'), adv. [< ME. here by, herbi; < 
here 1 + by 1 .] 1. Near by; not far off. 
Prin. Where is the bush 
That we must stand and play the murtherer in ? 
For. Hereby, upon the edge of yonder coppice. 
Shak., L. L. L., iv. 1. 
2. By this ; by means of this. 
I will not reason what is meant hereby, 
Because I will be guiltless of the meaning. 
Shak., Rich. III., i. 4. 
Hereby we became acquainted with the nature of things. 
Watte. 
heredipety (her-e-dip'e-ti), n. [< L. heredipeta, 
a legacy-hunter, < heredium, a hereditary estate 
(< heres (hered-), an heir: see heir), + petere, 
seek.] Legacy-nunting. [Rare.] 
Heredipety, or legacy-hunting, is inveighed against, in 
the clergy especially, as by the old Satirists. 
Hitman, Latin Christianity, i. 11. 
hereditability (he-red"i-ta-bil'i-ti), n. [< he- 
reditable: see -bili'ty.] He'ritab'ility. [Rare.] 
It will moreover be important, after the hereditability 
of the royal office has been accepted, to establish the 
principle of the uninterrupted existence of that office. 
Pop. Sci. Wo., XXVI. 107. 
hereditable (he-red'i-ta-bl), a. [= OP. heredi- 
table = Sp. hereditable, < ML. hereditabilis, < LL. 
2802 
hereditare, inherit, < L. heres (hered-), an heir : 
see heir and heritage.] Heritable. 
James [Macpherson] was the last person executed at 
Banff, previous to the abolition of hereditable jurisdiction. 
Quoted in Child's Ballads, VI. 266. 
hereditably (he-red'i-ta-bli), adv. Heritably ; 
by inheritance. [Rare.] 
hereditament (her-e-dit'a-ment), n. [< ME. 
hereditament = Pi. heretamen = Sp. lurcdnini- 
ento = Pg. herdamento, < ML. hereditium iilmn. 
property inherited, < LL. hereditare, inherit: see 
hereditable.] In law, any species of property 
that may be inherited; lands, tenements, or 
anything corporeal or incorporeal, real, person- 
al, or mixed, that may descend to an heir in the 
strict sense (see heir, 1) ; inheritable property, 
as distinguished from property which neces- 
sarily terminates with the life of the owner, 
and, according to some writers, as distinguished 
in modern times from personal assets which go 
to the executor or administrator instead of the 
heir. A corporeal hereditament is visible and tangible ; 
an incorporeal hereditament is a right existing in contem- 
plation of law, issuing out of corporeal property, but not 
itself the object of bodily senses as an easement, a fran- 
chise, or a rent. 
At the whlche parlyament y Duke of Alenson was 
luged to lose his hede, & his hereilytamentys to be for- 
fayted unto y kinge. Fabyan, Chron., 11, an. 1461. 
Theyr anncestours had noe estate In any theyre landes, 
signoryes, or hereditaments, longer then during theyr 
owue lives. Spetwer, State of Ireland. 
hereditarian (he-red-i-ta'ri-an), n. [< heredity 
+ -arian.] A believer in the biological doc- 
trine of heredity or atavism. 
The modern hereditarian regards himself as the off- 
spring mentally as well as physically of a long succession 
of ancestors, going as far back as the anthropoid ape, if 
not to still more rudimentary forms of life. 
J. Owen, Evenings with Skeptics, L 446. 
hereditarily (he-red'i-ta-ri-li), adv. By inheri- 
tance. 
Richard I. bestowed the lands on Richard Fitz- Anchor, 
to hold them in fee, and hereditarily of the abbey. 
Pennant, Journey from Chester, p. 566. 
hereditariness (he-red'i-ta-ri-nes), . The 
state or quality of being hereditary, or of be- 
ing transmissible from parent to child. 
The hereditariness of leprosy has not been proved. 
Ziegler, Pathol. Auat (trans.), L 181. 
hereditarioust (he-red-i-ta'ri-us), a. [< L. here- 
ditaritis: see hereditary.] Hereditary. 
Some sicknesses are hereditariout, and come from the 
father to the sonne. Haklmjt'e Voyages, I. 219. 
hereditary (he-red'i-ta-ri), a. [= P. heredi- 
taire = Pr. hereditari = Sp. Pg. hereditario = 
It. ereditario, < L. hereditarius, of or relating to 
an inheritance, inherited, < heredita(t-)s, heir- 
ship, inheritance: see heredity.] 1. In law: 
(a) Descending by inheritance ; transmitted or 
transmissible in the line of descent by force of 
law ; passing to or held by an heir or heirs : as, 
a hereditari/ monarchy, office, or estate ; heredi- 
tary privileges', hereditary bondage. 
These old fellows 
Have their ingratitude in them hereditary. 
Shak.,1.ot A., it 2. 
The community or kingdom comes to be regarded by the 
sovereign as the hereditary possession of his family. 
Calhoun, Works, L 84. 
At first elective, as kingships habitually are, this [of Po- 
land] continued so never became hereditary. 
H. Spencer, Prin. of Sociol., 494. 
(6) Holding by inheritance; deriving from an- 
cestors by force of law, as rank, social condi- 
tion, or property : as, a hereditary peer, propri- 
etor, or bondman. 
When ... a powerful body of hereditary nobles sur- 
round the sovereign, they oppose a strong resistance to 
his authority. Calhoun, Works, I. 85. 
His highness the duke . . . had been married very 
young, and his son, the hereditary prince, may be said to 
have been the political sovereign of the state. 
Thackeray, Barry Lyndon, x. 
2. Pertaining to or resulting from successive 
generation ; transmitted in a line of progeny ; 
passing naturally from parent to offspring : as, 
hereditary descent; a hereditary line; heredi- 
tary features, qualities, or diseases. 
Wearing that yoke 
My shoulder was predestined to receive, 
Born to the hereditary stoop and crease. 
Browning, Ring and Book, I. 206. 
The peculiarity may be congenital and hereditary, as it 
is when a certain stature is characteristic of the brothers, 
sisters, and collateral relatives of a parent. 
Amer. Jour. Psychol., L 175. 
3. Native; patrimonial; ancestral: as, one's he- 
reditary home or occupation ; a hereditary opin- 
ion or prejudice. 4. Acting from natal tenden- 
cy or endowment; having inherited the charac- 
herein 
ter or qualifications of ; being by force of birth : 
as, the Bachs were hereditary musicians ; the 
Rothschilds are hereditary financiers. Act of 
the Hereditary Excise. See excises. Hereditary 
monarchy. See monarchy. 
hereditism (he-red'i-tizm), n. [< heredity + 
-ism.] The principle of heredity ; the doctrine 
of hereditary transmission, as of political rule. 
[Rare.] 
Atlast, hereditism expired in America, . . . because the 
people were determined not to have a king, and were ani- 
mated by republican aspirations. 
Nineteenth Century, XX 815. 
heredity (hf-red'j-ti), n. [= F. hcredite = Pr. 
heretat = Sp. heredad = Pg. h,trdade = It. ere- 
dita, < L. heredita(t-)s, heirship, inheritance, in 
concrete an inheritance, < heres (hered-), an heir: 
see heir, and heritage, inherit.'] 1 . Hereditary de- 
scent or transmission, as of physical or mental 
qualities ; hereditary succession or influence. 
He is a monarchist by centuries of heredity. 
N. A. Sev., CXLIII. 106. 
Let us engage in some exciting sport, dear such as 
reviewing the family portraits, with genealogical applica- 
tions; perhaps we may discover something startling in 
the line of heredity. J. W. Palmer, After his Kind, p. 281. 
2. Specifically, in biol. : (a) The influence of 
parents upon offspring; transmission of quali- 
ties or characteristics, mental or physical, from 
parents to offspring. See atavism. 
By heredity Is meant the tendency manifested by an 
organism to develop in the likeness of its progenitor. 
Pop. Sci. Mo., XII. 176. 
(6) The principle or fact of inheritance, or the 
transmission of physical and mental character- 
istics from parent to offspring, regarded as the 
conservative factor in evolution, opposing the 
tendency to variation under conditions of en- 
vironment. 
That wheat produces wheat that existing oxen have 
descended from ancestral oxen that every unfolding or- 
ganism eventually takes the form of the class, order, ge- 
nus, and speciesfrom which it sprang is a fact which, by 
force of repetition, has acquired in our minds almost the 
aspect of a necessity. It is in this, however, th^t Heredity 
is principally displayed: the phenomena commonly re- 
ferred to it being quite subordinate manifestations. 
H. Spencer, Prin. of Biology, 80. 
heredium (he-re'di-um),. [L.,< heres (hered-), 
an heir.] In early Bom. law, the homestead 
or hereditary domain allotted as the private 
property of a citizen, and which was inheritable 
and alienable. It comprised space for house, 
yard, and garden usually about one and a 
quarter acres. 
herefor (her-f or' ), adv. [= G. hiervor, hierfiir = 
Dan. herfor = Sw. harfor; as here 1 +/or 1 .] For 
this. [Rare.] 
hereforet (her-for'), adv. [ME. herfore, herfor; 
< here 1 + fore 1 . Ct. herefor.] For this rea- 
son ; on this ground. 
Son, yet shuld thou lett 
Herfor to speke in large, 
For where masters ar mett, 
Chylder wordys ar not to charge. 
Towneley Mysteries, p. 160. 
herefrom (her-from'), adv. [< here 1 + from.] 
From this ; from what has been said or done : 
as, herefrom we conclude ; herefrom it follows. 
heregildt, [OSc . hereyeld ; AS. heregild, -gyld, 
-geld, a military tribute, particularly the Dane- 
geld, < here, army, esp. the enemy, + gild, geld, 
a payment.] 1. In Anglo-Saxon hist., the tax 
or tribute paid to the Danes ; the Danegeld. 
The formal name for a tax levied for the payment of 
soldiers or sailors was Heregyld. Hereyeold, Heregeld. 
E. A. Freeman, Norman Conquest, II. 403. 
2. In old Scots law, a fine payable on certain con- 
ditions to a superior on the death of his tenant, 
generally consisting of the best horse, ox, or 
cow: correlative to the English heriot. Also 
hereyeld. 
herehencet (her-hens'), adv. [Early mod. E. 
also heerehence; < here 1 + hence.] From this ; 
herefrom ; for this reason. 
Yet heere-hence may some good accrewe. 
Florio, It. Diet., Ep. ded. 
Heerehence it is manifest . . . that Island is not situate 
beyond the arctic circle. Hakluyt's Voyages, I. 554. 
Here-hence it comes our Horace now stands taxed 
Of impudence. B. Junton, Poetaster, v. 1. 
We are herehence resolved that we are not to do any evil 
that good may come of it. Up. Sanderson, Works, II. 52. 
herein (her-in'), adv. [< ME. herinne (= D. G. 
Jiierin = Dan. heri = Sw. hart) ', < here 1 + in 1 .] 
In this ; in view of this. 
More haf I of ioye & blysse here-inne . . . 
Then alle the wyges of the world myst wynne. 
Alliteratice Poems (ed. Morris), i. 579. 
Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit. 
John xv. 8. 
