to admit; to concede; to recognize; recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc); to acknowledge

to promise; to undertake to do something; commitment

to bear; to support; to inherit

to undertake; to assume (responsibility etc)

contractor

to inherit; to succeed to (the throne etc); to carry on (a tradition etc)

to pass on (to future generations); passed on (from former times); a continued tradition; an inheritance

to fawn on; to flatter; to ingratiate oneself; flattery

to confess; to admit; to come clean; calmly

to study under; to be a disciple of; lineage of instruction