adhereverb/ædˈhɪə/

• 1

  To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united.

  • Wax adhered to his finger.
  • The sure test of the presence of the disease is found in the dead body of the larva, which is dark and discoloured; and if a toothpick or pin be thrust into it and then drawn back, the body contents will adhere to it in a stringy mass, to the extent of a half or even an entire inch, as if it were mucous or glue; later the bodies of the larvae dry and appear as black scales in the cell bottoms.
• 2

  To be attached or devoted by personal union, in belief, on principle, etc.

  • Upon the whole, if, by the British dominions, you mean territories subject to the Parliament, you adhere to your usual fallacy, and suppose what you are bound to prove.
  • King Ferdinand adopted the magnanimous measure recommended by the queen, but he accompanied it with several shrewd conditions, exacting tribute, military services, and safe passages and maintenance for Christian troops throughout the places which should adhere to Boabdil.
• 3

  To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree.

  • For the most part, Hefner's female companions all adhered to the same mold: twentysomething, bosomy and blonde. "Well, I guess I know what I like," he once said when asked about his preferences.
• 4

  To fasten by adhesion.

  • A process in producing playing balls which consists molding a pair of hollow hemispheres from suitable air proof mate rial softening their edges by heat and adhering them to form a unitary hollow sphere inclosing said sphere in a stiffened envelop.
  • press on the two layers of paste to adhere them together […].
• 5

  To affirm a judgment.