adhere
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verb \ad-ˈhir, əd-\ad·heredad·her·ing
Definition of ADHERE
intransitive verb
1
: to give support or maintain loyalty
2
obsolete : accord 3
3
: to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing
4
: to bind oneself to observance <adhere to the rules>
transitive verb
: to cause to stick fast
See Examples of ADHERE
- The stamp failed to adhere.
- <everyone started calling her “Cookie” when she was little and the name adhered>
Origin of ADHERE
Middle French or Latin; Middle French adhérer, from Latin adhaerēre, from ad- + haerēre to stick
First Known Use: 15th century
Rhymes with ADHERE
Aesir, Ajmer, all clear, ambeer, appear, arrear, Asir, Ayrshire, besmear, by ear, Cape Fear, career, cashier, cashmere, Cheshire, chimere, clavier, cohere, compeer, destrier, dog-ear, emir, Empire, endear, ensphere, eyrir, Fafnir, footgear, frontier, gambier, Goodyear, headgear, inhere, Izmir, Kashmir, kefir, killdeer, Landseer, leap year, life peer, light-year, man-year, menhir, midyear, mishear, monsieur, mouse-ear, mule deer, musk deer, nadir, near beer, New Year, off year, out-year, pickeer, portiere, premier, premiere, red deer, redear, rehear, reindeer, revere, revers, Robespierre, roe deer, root beer, santir, severe, Shakespeare, sincere, slick-ear, small beer, spruce beer, steer clear, Tangier, tapir, tin ear, uprear, Vanir, veneer, Vermeer, vizier, voir dire, wheatear, Wiltshire, wind shear, wood ear, worm gear, Ymir, Yorkshire, zaire, Zaire
ad·here
verb \ad-ˈhi(ə)r, əd-\ (Medical Dictionary)ad·heredad·her·ing
Medical Definition of ADHERE
intransitive verb
1
: to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing <a gauze bandage adhering to the wound>
2
: to become joined (as in pathological adhesion) <the lung sometimes adheres to the pleura>
transitive verb
: to cause to stick fast
—ad·her·ence \-ˈhir-ən(t)s\ noun
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