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Audio Help [ad-heer] Pronunciation Key verb, -hered, -her·ing.

–verb (used without object)

1.	to stay attached; stick fast; cleave; cling (usually fol. by to): The mud adhered to his shoes.

2.	Physics. (of two or more dissimilar substances) to be united by a molecular force acting in the area of contact.

3.	to be devoted in support or allegiance; be attached as a follower or upholder (usually fol. by to): to adhere to a party.

4.	to hold closely or firmly (usually fol. by to): to adhere to a plan.

5.	Obsolete. to be consistent.

–verb (used with object)

6.	to cause to adhere; make stick: Glue will adhere the tiles to the wallboard.

[Origin: 1590–1600; < ML adhérére for L adhaerére (ad- ad- + haerére to stick, cling), perh. via MF adhérer

]

—Related forms

ad·her·a·ble, adjective

ad·her·er, noun

—Synonyms 1. See stick.

—Antonyms 1. part, loosen.

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ad·here Audio Help   (ād-hîr') Pronunciation Key
v.   ad·hered, ad·her·ing, ad·heres

v.   intr.

To stick fast by or as if by suction or glue.
To remain devoted to or be in support of something: adhered to her beliefs.
To carry out a plan, scheme, or operation without deviation: We will adhere to our plan.

v. tr.
To cause to adhere; make stick.

[French adhérer, from Latin adhaerēre, to stick to : ad-, ad- + haerēre, to stick.]

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