1500-1600Late Latin present participle of immanere ‘to stay in place’, from Latinmanere ‘to stay’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Hope seems immanent in human nature.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
First, they help to unlock the immanent structure of the legal language spoken in a specific arena.
It is important to be clear that the Deity does not lose its transcendence by being immanent.
The ultimate divine mystery is there found immanent within each.
1a quality that is immanent seems to be present everywhere: Love is a force immanent in the world.2God or another spiritual power that is immanent is present everywhere—immanence noun [uncountable]