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in⋅her⋅ent

  [in-heer-uhnt, -her-]
–adjective
1. existing in someone or something as a permanent and inseparable element, quality, or attribute: an inherent distrust of strangers.
2. Grammar. standing before a noun.
3. inhering; infixed.
Use inherent in a Sentence
Origin:
1570–80; < L inhaerent- (s. of inhaerēns), prp. of inhaerēre to inhere; see -ent

Related forms:
in⋅her⋅ent⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. innate, native, inbred, ingrained. See essential.
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in·her·ent   (ĭn-hîr'ənt, -hěr'-)   
adj.  Existing as an essential constituent or characteristic; intrinsic.

[Latin inhaerēns, inhaerent-, present participle of inhaerēre, to inhere; see inhere.]
in·her'ent·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

inherent 
1578, from L. inhærentem (nom. inhærens), prp. of inhærere "be closely connected with, adhere to," from in- "in" + hærere "to stick" (see hesitation).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: in·her·ent
Pronunciation: in-'hir-&nt, in-'her-
Function: adjective
: involved in the constitution or essential character ofsomething : belonging by nature inherent ability to learn to walk> —in·her·ent·ly adverb
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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inherent in·her·ent (ĭn-hēr'ənt, -hěr'-)
adj.
Occurring as a natural part or consequence.

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