Noah Webster
Adhere
ADHE'RE, verb intransitive [Latin adhaereo, ad and haereo, to stick.]
1. To stick to, as glutinous substances, or by natural growth; as, the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura.
2. To be joined, or held in contact; to cleave to.
3. Figuratively, to hold to, be attached, or remain fixed, either by personal union or conformity of faith, principle, or opinion; as, men adhere to a party, a leader, a church, or creed.
4. To be consistent; to hold together as the parts of a system.
Every thing adheres together.