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adhering |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Adhere \Ad*here"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Adhered}; p. pr & vb n. {Adhering}.] [L. adhaerere adhaesum ad + haerere to stick: cf F. adh['e]rer. See {Aghast}.] 1. To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does to become joined or united; as wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura. 2. To hold be attached, or devoted; to remain fixed, either by personal union or conformity of faith, principle, or opinion; as men adhere to a party, a cause a leader, a church. 3. To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree. ``Nor time nor place did then adhere.'' ``Every thing adheres together.'' --Shak. Syn: To attach; stick; cleave; cling; hold
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