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verb (used without object)
1.
to stay attached; stick fast; cleave; cling (usually followed 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 followed by to): to adhere to a party.
4.
to hold closely or firmly (usually followed 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.
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Adhere
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Origin:
1590–1600; < Medieval Latin adhērēre for Latin adhaerēre (ad- ad- + haerēre to stick, cling), perhaps via Middle French adhérer
1590–1600; < Medieval Latin adhērēre for Latin adhaerēre (ad- ad- + haerēre to stick, cling), perhaps via Middle French adhérer
Related forms
ad·her·a·ble, adjective
ad·her·er, noun
non·ad·her·ing, adjective
pre·ad·here, verb (used without object), -hered, -her·ing.
un·ad·her·ing, adjective
Antonyms
1. part, loosen.
1. part, loosen.
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Example Sentences
- Departing radically from past ideas on adhesion, it aims to show that any two materials can be made to adhere strongly.
- Solder is a mixture of tin and lead because lead alone will not "wet" or adhere well to other metals.
- However, as with any thing worth doing- any idea noble enough to propagate, those who adhere to it must persist in its evangelism.
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Word Origin & History
adhere
1590s, from Fr. adherer (15c.), from L. adhaerare "to stick to" (see adherent). Originally of persons, "to cleave to a leader, cause, party, etc. (cf. adherent, still often used in this sense); of things, from 1650s.
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