[ad.here] vb ad.hered ; ad.her.ing [MF or L; MF adherer, fr. L adhaerere, fr. ad- + haerere to stick] vi (1536) 1: to give support or maintain loyalty
2. obs: accord 3
3: to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing
4: to bind oneself to observance ~ vt: to cause to stick fast syn see stick