inhere
English
Alternative forms
- inhære (archaic)
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin inhaerēre, present active infinitive of inhaereō (“stick in, stick to, inhere to”), from in (“in”) + haereō (“stick”); see hesitate. Compare adhere, cohere.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Audio (UK): (file)
Verb
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- 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
Translations
To be inherent; to be an essential or intrinsic part of; to be fixed or permanently incorporated with something
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Further reading
- “inhere”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “inhere”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.