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inherency

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in⋅her⋅en⋅cy

  [in-heer-uhn-see, -her-]
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–noun, plural -cies for 2.
1. inherence.
2. something inherent.
Origin:
1595–1605; < ML inhaerentia. See inherent, -ency
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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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