ADHERE

verb (~d; adhering) Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French adhérer, from Latin adhaerēre, from ad- + haerēre to stick Date: 15th century intransitive verb to give support or maintain loyalty, accord 3, to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing, to bind oneself to observance , transitive verb to cause to stick fast, see: stick