Part 5854

<h1>Inharmoniousness</h1> <Xpage=763>

<hw>In`har*mo"ni*ous*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being inharmonious; want of harmony; discord.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>inharmoniousness</b> of a verse. <i>A. Tucker.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Inharmony</h1> <Xpage=763>

<hw>In*har"mo*ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Want of harmony.</def>

<h1>Inhaul, Inhauler</h1> <Xpage=763>

<hw><hw>In"haul`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>In"haul`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A rope used to draw in the jib boom, or flying jib boom.</def>

<h1>Inhearse</h1> <Xpage=763>

<hw>In*hearse"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Inhearsed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Inhearsing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To put in, or as in, a hearse or coffin.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Inhere</h1> <Xpage=763>

<hw>In*here"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Inhered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Inhering</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>inhaerere</ets>; pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>haerere</ets> to stick, hang. See <er>Hesitate</er>.]</ety> <def>To be inherent; to stick (<i>in</i>); to be fixed or permanently incorporated with something; to cleave (<i>to</i>); to belong, as attributes or qualities.</def>

<blockquote>They do but <b>inhere</b> in the subject that supports them. <i>Digby.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Inherence, Inherency</h1> <Xpage=763>

<hw><hw>In*her"ence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>In*her"en*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>inh\'82rence</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state of inhering; permanent existence in something; innateness; inseparable and essential connection.</def>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Inherent</h1> <Xpage=763>

<hw>In*her"ent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inhaerens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>inhaerere</ets>: cf. F. <ets>inh\'82rent</ets>. See <er>Inhere</er>.]</ety> <def>Permanently existing in something; inseparably attached or connected; naturally pertaining to; innate; inalienable; <as>as, polarity is an <ex>inherent</ex> quality of the magnet; the <ex>inherent</ex> right of men to life, liberty, and protection.</as></def> "A most <i>inherent</i> baseness."

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>The sore disease which seems <b>inherent</b> in civilization. <i>Southey.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Innate; inborn; native; natural; inbred; inwrought; inseparable; essential; indispensable.</syn>

<h1>Inherently</h1> <Xpage=763>

<hw>In*her"ent*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>By inherence; inseparably.</def>

<blockquote>Matter hath <b>inherently</b> and essentially such an internal energy. <i>Bentley.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Inherit</h1> <Xpage=763>

<hw>In*her"it</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Inherited</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Inheriting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>enheriten</ets> to inherit, to give a heritage to, OF. <ets>enheriter</ets> to appoint as an heir, L. <ets>inhereditare</ets>; pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>hereditare</ets> to inherit, fr. <ets>heres</ets> heir. See <er>Heir</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by inheritance; to take as heir on the death of an ancestor or other person to whose estate one succeeds; to receive as a right or title descendible by law from an ancestor at his decease; <as>as, the heir <ex>inherits</ex> the land or real estate of his father; the eldest son of a nobleman <ex>inherits</ex> his father's title; the eldest son of a king <ex>inherits</ex> the crown.</as></def>

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