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▪ I. adhering, vbl. n.|ædˈhɪərɪŋ|
[f. adhere + -ing1.]
The act or process of sticking, clinging, or remaining attached. (Now mostly gerundial.)
1611Cotgr., Adhesion, an adhering, cleaving, sticking fast unto. 1681Manton Serm. on Ps. cxix. 92 Wks. 1872 VII. 426 The adhering of the soul to the promises is the unquestionable way to obtain a sound peace. 1754Chatham Lett. to Nephew iv. 23 A more serious danger is..the adhering perhaps to false and dangerous notions. Mod. The limpet has the power of adhering firmly to the rock.
▪ II. adhering, ppl. a.|ædˈhɪərɪŋ|
[f. adhere + -ing2.]
Sticking, clinging, abidingly attached.
1657Divine Loue 197 Yet by the Grace of God will I haue noe adheringe Affection to them. 1695Woodward Nat. Hist. Earth (1723) 19 Metallick or mineral matter, adhering firmly in Lumps to the Outsides of them. 1807Crabbe Par. Reg. iii. 189 Then from the adhering clasp the keys unbound. |