a. [ From L. adhamare to catch; ad + hamus hook. ] Clinging, as by hooks. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Adhered p. pr. & vb. n. Adhering ] [ L. adhaerere, adhaesum; ad + haerere to stick: cf. F. adhérer. See Aghast. ] 1. To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To hold, be attached, or devoted; to remain fixed, either by personal union or conformity of faith, principle, or opinion; as, men adhere to a party, a cause, a leader, a church. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree. “Nor time nor place did then adhere.” “Every thing adheres together.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To attach; stick; cleave; cling; hold [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. adhérence, LL. adhaerentia. ] 1. The quality or state of adhering. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being fixed in attachment; fidelity; steady attachment; adhesion; as, adherence to a party or to opinions. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Adherence, Adhesion. These words, which were once freely interchanged, are now almost entirely separated. Adherence is no longer used to denote physical union, but is applied, to mental states or habits; as, a strict adherence to one's duty; close adherence to the argument, etc. Adhesion is now confined chiefly to the physical sense, except in the phrase “To give in one's adhesion to a cause or a party.” [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state or quality of being adherent; adherence. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which adheres. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. adhaerens, -entis, p. pr.: cf. F. adhérent. ] 1. Sticking; clinging; adhering. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Attached as an attribute or circumstance. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) Congenitally united with an organ of another kind, as calyx with ovary, or stamens with petals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who adheres; one who adheres; one who follows a leader, party, or profession; a follower, or partisan; a believer in a particular faith or church. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which adheres; an appendage. [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Follower; partisan; upholder; disciple; supporter; dependent; ally; backer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an adherent manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who adheres; an adherent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. adhaesio, fr. adhaerere: cf. F. adhésion. ] 1. The action of sticking; the state of being attached; intimate union; as, the adhesion of glue, or of parts united by growth, cement, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Adherence; steady or firm attachment; fidelity; as, adhesion to error, adhesion to a policy. [ 1913 Webster ]

His adhesion to the Tories was bounded by his approbation of their foreign policy. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Agreement to adhere; concurrence; assent. [ 1913 Webster ]

To that treaty Spain and England gave in their adhesion. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Physics) The molecular attraction exerted between bodies in contact. See Cohesion. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Med.) The process of uniting surfaces by the formation of new fibrous bands resulting from an inflammatory process. [ AS ]

6. (Med.) One of the fibrous bands resulting from adhesion{ 5 }. [ AS ]

7. (Bot.) The union of parts which are separate in other plants, or in younger states of the same plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Adherence; union. See Adherence. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. adhésif. ] 1. Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Apt or tending to adhere; clinging. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adhesive attraction. (Physics) See Attraction. --
Adhesive inflammation (Surg.), that kind of inflammation which terminates in the reunion of divided parts without suppuration. --
Adhesive plaster, a sticking; a plaster containing resin, wax, litharge, and olive oil. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an adhesive manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The quality of sticking or adhering; stickiness; tenacity of union. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Phren.) Propensity to form and maintain attachments to persons, and to promote social intercourse. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. adhibitus, p. p. of adhibere to hold to; ad + habere to have. ] 1. To admit, as a person or thing; to take in. Muirhead. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To use or apply; to administer. Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To attach; to affix. Alison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. adhibitio. ] The act of adhibiting; application; use. Whitaker. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. adhortari. See Adhortation. ] To exhort; to advise. [ Obs. ] Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. adhortatio, fr. adhortari to advise; ad + hortari to exhort. ] Advice; exhortation. [ Obs. ] Peacham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Containing counsel or warning; hortatory; advisory. [ Obs. ] Potter. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ OE. bede prayer + E. house. See Bead, n. ] An almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their benefactors. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who receives free tickets for theaters, public conveyances, etc. [ Colloq. U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) A buoy. See under Dead, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A morgue; a place for the temporary reception and exposure of dead bodies. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Gael. ] Of, belonging to, or designating, that division of the Celtic languages which includes the Irish, Gaelic, and Manx. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. 1. Not adhering. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Free; not connected with the other organs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Lack of adhesion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) A mineral of a yellowish or greenish white color, consisting of the sulphate and carbonate of lead; -- so called from having been first found at Leadhills, Scotland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An house or institution where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum; a bedlam; -- usually used in a deprecatory sense.
Syn. -- Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, insane asylum, loony bin, nuthouse, sanatorium. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: (fig.) A chaotic, raucus or highly disordered situation. [ PJC ]

prop. n. (Linguistics) A subfamily of Indic languages. [ WordNet 1.6 ]

n. Same as muezzin. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. See Sadh. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Skr. sādhu perfect, pure. ] A member of a monotheistic sect of Hindoos. Sadhs resemble the Quakers in many respects. Balfour (Cyc. of India). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Adherent part way. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The golden plover. [ Local, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]