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inhere

/ɪnˈhɪə/ verb

Latin root: inhaerēre Wiktionary

verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about inhere at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Be inherent in something.

Origin

Borrowed from Latin inhaerēre (“stick in, stick to, inhere to”), from in (“in”) + haereō (“stick”); see hesitate. Compare adhere, cohere.

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