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ad·here    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]

ad·her·a·ble, adjective
ad·her·er, noun

1. See stick.
1. part, loosen.
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v.   ad·hered, ad·her·ing, ad·heres

v.   intr.
  1. To stick fast by or as if by suction or glue.
  2. To remain devoted to or be in support of something: adhered to her beliefs.
  3. 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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