inherent

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

INHE'RENT, adjective Existing in something else, so as to be inseparable from it. Inherent baseness. 1. Innate; naturally pertaining to; as the inherent qualities of the magnet; the inherent right of men to life, liberty and protection.
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