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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
adhere /ədˈhɪə/

▶verb (adhere to)

1 stick fast to.

2 believe in and follow the practices of.

3 represent truthfully and in detail.

– derivatives
adherence noun.

– origin C15 (earlier (ME) as adherence, adherent): from L. adhaerere, from ad- ‘to’ + haerere ‘to stick’.

'adhere' also found in these Oxford entries:

agglutinate - byssus - cissing - clammy - cleave - cling - hold - Karaite - keep - stand - stick - Velcro

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