inhere

English

WOTD – 11 July 2011

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

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈhɪə/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

• Audio (UK):

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Verb

1. 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.

Related terms

• adhere
• cohere
• inherent
• inherence
• inherency

Translations

To be inherent; to be an essential or intrinsic part of; to be fixed or permanently incorporated with something

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: հատուկ լինել (hatuk linel), պատկանել (hy) (patkanel)
• Bulgarian: принадлежа (bg) (prinadleža)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 固有 (zh) (gùyǒu), 与生俱来 (zh) (yǔshēngjùlái)

• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: inhouden (nl),een inherent deel van uitmaken
• Finnish: kuulua (olennaisena osana)
• French: être inhérent à
• German: please add this translation if you can
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Ido: inherar (io)
• Italian: essere inerente, connesso (a); appartenere (a); essere proprio (di ); essere intrinseco (a)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Occitan: inerir
• Portuguese: inerir
• Russian: принадлежа́ть (ru) (prinadležátʹ), явля́ться частью (javljátʹsja častʹju)
• Spanish: ser inherente
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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.

Anagrams

• Henrie, herein, rheine