verb
- to exist as a natural or basic part of something
Usage: formal
Examples
- The power to make decisions inheres in the office of the president.
- A sense of mystery inheres in all great works of art.
- The right to free speech inheres in our constitutional system.
- Certain risks inhere in any business venture.
- The beauty of the landscape inheres in its natural simplicity.
- Authority inheres in the position, not the person who holds it.