inhære
inhære is the obsolete spelling of inhere.
Meaning of inhere
Verb
inhere (third-person singular simple present inheres, present participle inhering, simple past and past participle inhered)
- To be inherent; to be an essential or intrinsic part of; to be fixed or permanently incorporated with something.
- He [Massinger] inherits the traditions of conduct, female chastity, hymeneal sanctity, the fashion of honour, without either criticizing or informing them from his own experience. In the earlier drama these conventions are merely a framework, or an alloy necessary for working the metal; the metal...1932, T. S. Eliot, “Philip Massinger”, in Essays on Elizabethan Drama, USA: Harcourt Brace & World, Inc., published 1960, page 151
Forms of inhære
| third-person singular present | inhæres |
|---|---|
| present participle | inhæring |
| past participle | inhæred |
| past | inhæred |
Questions about inhære
- What is inhære the obsolete spelling of?
- Inhære is the obsolete spelling of inhere.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: inhære (page history and authors); inhere (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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