Assign css class to another css class

Is it possible to reuse classes like that in css:

.aelement {display:block;....}
.aelementhover {color:#fff;....}
.remove a {
        //assign values from class .aelement here
}

.remove a:hover {
        //assign values from class .aelementhover here
}

Not with vanilla CSS but you can do that sort of thing with less or sass