adhere

Definitions

1. verb

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

   Example

   • Wax adhered to his finger.
   ≈cleave≈cling≈stick
2. verb

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

   Examples

   • 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.
   • This paper gives an overview of such commentary it has received, minimal as it is, and highlights a number of inaccuracies that appear to adhere to the dictionary with worrying regularity.
3. verb

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

   Example

   • 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. verb

   To fasten by adhesion.

   Examples

   • 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. verb

   To affirm a judgment.