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Webster 1913 Edition


Inhere

In-here′

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Inhered
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Inhering
.]
[L.
inhaerere
; pref.
in-
in +
haerere
to stick, hang. See
Hesitate
.]
To be inherent; to stick (in); to be fixed in or permanently incorporated with something; to cleave (to); to belong, as attributes or qualities.

Webster 1828 Edition


Inhere

INHE'RE

,
Verb.
I.
[L. inhoereo; in and hoereo, to hang.]
To exist or be fixed in something else; as, colors inhere in cloth; a dart inheres in the flesh.

Definition 2024


inhere

inhere

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inhere (third-person singular simple present inheres, present participle inhering, simple past and past participle inhered)

  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.

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  • inhere in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • inhere in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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