Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Inherent

Inherent , adjective

[Latin inhaerens, -entis, present participle of inhaerere: compare French 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. — Shakespeare
The sore disease which seems inherent in civilization. — Southey