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in•her•ent



Pronunciation: (in-hēr'unt, -her'-), [key]
—adj.
1. existing in someone or something as a permanent and inseparable element, quality, or attribute: an inherent distrust of strangers.
2. Gram.standing before a noun.
3. inhering; infixed.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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