In`har*mo"ni*ous*ly, adv. Without harmony.
In`har*mo"ni*ous*ness, n. The quality of being inharmonious; want of
harmony; discord.
The inharmoniousness of a verse.
A. Tucker.
In*har"mo*ny (?), n. Want of harmony.
{ In"haul` (?), In"haul`er (?) }, n. (Naut.) A rope used to draw in the
jib boom, or flying jib boom.
In*hearse" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inhearsed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Inhearsing.] To put in, or as in, a hearse or coffin. Shak.
In*here" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Inhered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Inhering.] [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.
{ In*her"ence (?), In*her"en*cy (?), } n. [Cf. F. inhérence.] The state
of inhering; permanent existence in something; innateness; inseparable
and essential connection. Jer. Taylor.
In*her"ent (?), a. [L. inhaerens, -entis, p. pr. of inhaerere: cf. F.
inhérent. See Inhere.] Permanently existing in something; inseparably
attached or connected; naturally pertaining to; innate; inalienable;
as, polarity is an inherent quality of the magnet; the inherent right
of men to life, liberty, and protection. "A most inherent baseness."
Shak.
The sore disease which seems inherent in civilization.
Southey.
Syn. -- Innate; inborn; native; natural; inbred; inwrought;
inseparable; essential; indispensable.
In*her"ent*ly, adv. By inherence; inseparably.
Matter hath inherently and essentially such an internal energy.
Bentley.
In*her"it (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inherited; p. pr. & vb. n.
Inheriting.] [OE. enheriten to inherit, to give a heritage to, OF.
enheriter to appoint as an heir, L. inhereditare; pref. in- in +
hereditare to inherit, fr. heres heir. See Heir.]
1. (Law) 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, the heir inherits the land or real
estate of his father; the eldest son of a nobleman inherits his
father's title; the eldest son of a king inherits the crown.
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2. To receive or take by birth; to have by nature; to derive or acquire
from ancestors, as mental or physical qualities; as, he inherits a
strong constitution, a tendency to disease, etc.
Prince Harry is valiant; for the cold blood he did naturally
inherit of his father he hath . . . manured . . . with good store
of fertile sherris.
Shak.
3. To come into possession of; to possess; to own; to enjoy as a
possession.
But the meek shall inherit the earth.
Ps. xxxvii. 11.
To bury so much gold under a tree, And never after to inherit it.
Shak.