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inhering

inhering is the present participle and gerund of inhere.

Meaning of inhere

Verb

inhere (third-person singular simple present inheres, present participle inhering, simple past and past participle inhered)

  1. (uncommon) 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

Questions about inhering

What is inhering the present participle and gerund of?
Inhering is the present participle and gerund of inhere.

Words near inhering in the dictionary

  1. inherent vowel
  2. inherent vowels
  3. inherently
  4. inheres
  5. inhereth
  6. inhering
  7. inherit
  8. inheritability
  9. inheritable
  10. inheritableness
  11. inheritably

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