SuaviloquyToday’s word

inhering

Inhere, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Inhered; p. pr. & vb. n. Inhering.] — Webster enters it under “inhere”

Etymology: [L. inhaerere; pref. in- in + haerere to stick, hang. See Hesitate.]

To be inherent; to stick (in); to be fixed or permanently incorporated with something; to cleave (to); to belong, as attributes or qualities. They do but inhere in the subject that supports them. Digby.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for inhering; he lists it under inherent.

He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.