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inhere

[in-heer]

verb (used without object), -hered, -her·ing.

to exist permanently and inseparably in, as a quality, attribute, or element; belong intrinsically; be inherent: the advantages that inhere in a democratic system.

Origin:
1580–90; < Latin inhaerēre, equivalent to in- in-² + haerēre to stick

Related forms

pre·in·here, verb (used without object), -hered, -her·ing.

Can be confused: inhere, inure.

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inhere (ɪnˈhɪə)

—vb (foll by in)
	to be an inseparable part (of)

[C16: from Latin inhaerēre to stick in, from haerēre to stick]

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"If anyone should be asked, what is the subject wherein color or weight inheres, he would have nothing to say but, the solid and extended parts. And if he were demanded, what is that solidity and extension inhere in, he would not be in a much better case than the Indian before mentioned, who, saying that the world was supported by a great elephant, was asked what the elephant rested on; to which his answer was, a great tortoise; but being again pressed to know what gave support to the broad- backed tortoise, replied—something, he knew not what."

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