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in⋅here

  [in-heer]
Use inhere in a Sentence
–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; < L inhaerēre, equiv. to in- in- 2 + haerēre to stick
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in·here   (ĭn-hîr')   
intr.v.   in·hered, in·her·ing, in·heres
To be inherent or innate.

[Latin inhaerēre : in-, in; see in-2 + haerēre, to stick.]
in·her'ence (-hîr'əns, -hěr'-), in·her'en·cy n.
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