verb
inhere
in-HEER/ɪnˈhɪr/
To exist within something as an essential or permanent quality.
The branching vein structure inheres in the leaf, supporting its living tissue.
Etymology
The roots give the image of sticking in or clinging to something. That close attachment becomes an abstract relationship: a quality inheres in something when it belongs to its intrinsic nature.
In context
When people perceive the good in this world to inhere in things
More examples
- The problem inheres in the design, not the materials.
- These risks inhere in the work itself.
- The beauty of the melody inheres in its simplicity.
Forms
inhere · inheres · inhered · inhering
inherent adjective — Existing as an essential quality of something.
inherently adverb — By the essential nature of a thing.