单词 | inhere |
释义 | inherev. 1. intransitive. To stick in; to be or remain fixed or lodged in something. rare or Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > be in [verb (intransitive)] inhere1608 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 4 Little bagges of poyson, which inhære in their chaps, and vnder their tongues. 1651 ‘A. B.’ tr. L. Lessius Sir Walter Rawleigh's Ghost 22 These spots do not inhere in the body of the Sun. 1739 ‘R. Bull’ tr. F. Dedekind Grobianus iv. 36 Do Lumps of Meat between thy Teeth inhere? 1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 338 Stones of one or more species, inhering in another stone. 1804 J. Abernethy Surg. Observ. 251 A subtile matter inhering in the brain and nerves. 2. figurative. To remain or abide in something immaterial, as a state or condition; to remain in mystical union with a Divine person. Now rare or Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > be unchanging [verb (intransitive)] standc1275 inherea1617 settle1684 a1617 P. Baynes Comm. Ephes. (1658) 123 The third [phrase] noteth Christ the object [and] our inhering in him. 1665 G. Havers tr. P. della Valle Trav. E. India 27 The Name Seiàh Selim, tenaciously inhering in the memory of people, remains still to him. 1759 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful (ed. 2) ii. §5. 117 So strongly does it inhere in our constitution, that very few are able to conquer it. 1852 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 5) 412 He [sc. Satan] in the Godstate first with all his hosts By fate inhered. 3. a. To exist, abide, or have its being, as an attribute, quality, etc., in a subject or thing; to form an element of, or belong to the intrinsic nature of, something. (The current sense; in earlier use chiefly Philosophy.) ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > inhere [verb (intransitive)] indwella1382 subsist?1555 inhere1586 reside1603 state1631 inexist1678 1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 293 The insignes thereof which like incidents..or inseparable accidents..doe alwaies inhere, and waite on that office, and dignitie of a kinge. 1624 T. Gataker Discuss. Transubstant. 173 The accidents of bread and wine remaine without actuall inhering and being in their naturall subject. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xiii. 80 They who first ran into the Notion of Accidents, as a sort of real Beings, that needed something to inhere in. 1739 D. Hume Treat. Human Nature I. i. 36 The particular qualities, which form a substance, are commonly refer'd to an unknown something, in which they are supposed to inhere. 1827 Gentleman's Mag. 97 ii. 602 If this sentiment..is found to inhere in a feeling so pure and exalted. 1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect ii. i. 370 Knowledge and perception inhere in mind alone. b. To be vested or inherent in, as a right, power, function, or the like. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > inhere [verb (intransitive)] > be vested or inherent in (as a right, power, etc.) inhere1840 1840 T. De Quincey Style in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 12/1 To an Englishman, the right of occupying the attention of the company seems to inhere in things rather than in persons. 1850 W. E. Gladstone Remarks Royal Supremacy 22 Nor will it avail to say that the Legislature herein recognised only what is called the power of order as inhering in the Church, and not jurisdiction. 1890 Cent. Mag. 112/1 Where agriculture is dependent upon an artificial supply of water, and where there is more land than can be served by the water, values inhere in water, not in land; the land without the water is without value. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [verb (intransitive)] belimpOE beholda1067 belielOE pertaina1325 pendc1330 appendc1386 appertainc1386 holdc1430 pretenda1470 recorda1500 depend1525 extenda1533 inherea1628 to make to ——1645 apply1741 a1628 F. Greville Mustapha i. Chorus in Certaine Wks. (1633) 94 Creation, we say, still inheres the Crowne. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > observe, adhere, or keep a promise [verb (intransitive)] to make (hold, pay, keep, yield or break) a vowc1290 beholda1400 to hold touch (also the touches)c1400 faithc1410 withholda1450 to keep touch1541 adherec1550 as good as one's word (also promise)c1560 inhere1563 watch1608 maximize1875 1563 N. Winȝet Wks. (1890) II. 73 Twa certane thingis ar gretumlie and diligentlie to be obseruit, to the quhilkis aluterlie thai suld inhere, quha wald nocht be hæretikis. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1563 |
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