inhere
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- inhære (archaic)
Etymology [edit]
From Latin inhaerēre, present active infinitive of inhaereō (“stick in, stick to, inhere to”), from in (“in”) + haereō (“stick”); see hesitate. Compare adhere, cohere.
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
inhere (third-person singular simple present inheres, present participle inhering, simple past and past participle inhered)
- To be inherent; to be an essential or intrinsic part of; to be fixed or permanently incorporated with something.
- 2001, Will Self, Feeding Frenzy:
- We had already been claimed by the split infinitives of Star Trek, were already preparing to boldly go into a world where ethics, so far from inhering in the very structure of the cosmos, was a matter of personal taste [...].
- 2009, John Kraemer & Larry Gostin, The Guardian, 5 Jan 2009:
- Sovereignty should inhere in the people and not the government, so governments forfeit sovereignty when they commit crimes against humanity.
- 2001, Will Self, Feeding Frenzy:
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
To be inherent; to be an essential or intrinsic part of; to be fixed or permanently incorporated with something
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External links [edit]
- inhere in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- inhere in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
