Synonyms for adhered


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ad-heer
Phonetic Transcription : ædˈhɪər


Définition of adhered

Origin :
  • 1590s, from Middle French adhérer (15c.) or directly from Latin adhaerare "to stick to" (see adherent). Originally often of persons, "to cleave to a leader, cause, party, etc." (cf. adherent, still often used in this sense). Related: Adhered; adhering.
  • adj stuck to
Example sentences :
  • If this resolution be adhered to, then will my father never see me more!
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • In our textbook we have adhered to the same plan of division.
  • Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne
  • In short, she adhered as resolutely to her determination as ever.
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 » by Various
  • One particle which had adhered to his thumb he removed with his forefinger.
  • Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
  • It was inculcated by Washington; it has been adhered to by his successors ever since.
  • Extract from : « Latin America and the United States » by Elihu Root
  • At first it was a fine sprinkle that made a snow-mist, and adhered wherever it fell.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • It must, nevertheless, be adhered to if the ideal of our democracy is not to be abandoned.
  • Extract from : « Herbert Hoover » by Vernon Kellogg
  • No, the old time will be adhered to just as if it was cold and wet and freezing.
  • Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
  • The House refused to concur, and the Senate adhered to its former action.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • They had no religious creed to which they adhered with any tenacity.
  • Extract from : « Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi » by John S. C. Abbott

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