English

Alternative forms

• inhære (archaic)

Verb

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.

Related terms

• adhere
• cohere
• inherent
• inherence
• inherency

Translations

External links

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

Anagrams

• herein