Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united. · To be attached or devoted by personal union, in belief, on principle, etc. · To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree. · To fasten by adhesion.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin haereō Latin adhaereōder. Middle English *adheren English adhere From Middle English *adheren (suggested by Middle English adherande (“adhering, adherent”, present participle)), from Latin adhaerēre, adhaesum: ad (“to”) + haerēre (“to stick”). Compare French adhérer.
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