inhere
verb (used without object)
to exist permanently and inseparably in, as a quality, attribute, or element; belong intrinsically; be inherent.
inhering
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present participleof inhere.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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The very question is an assertion that mindfulness is an attribute of God, as well as of man, a statement of the sense of deep meaning inhering in mindfulness.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 4, 2010
To regard them only as images with a value inhering in their bare essence, is to forfeit their benefits.
From The Moral Economy by Ralph Barton Perry
Or do we mean that the organism can elicit these various acts only by means of several accidental realities, really distinct from, and inhering in, itself?
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Peter Coffey
Then, in forgetfulness of the fact that all these things are pure abstractions, it has been tacitly assumed that there is a force inhering in the word, the rite, the rule, which produces its evolution.
From Introduction to the Study of History by George Godfrey Berry
It was the democratic principle carried to its utmost length, and yet the notion of an inhering law was quite as strongly held.
From Noah Webster American Men of Letters by Horace E. Scudder
