ŏb-haeresco, haesi, 3, v. inch. n., to stick fast, remain stuck; in the tempp. perf., to be stuck fast, to cleave or adhere to a thing (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I Lit.: aurum stirpibus obhaerescit, Ap. Met. 6, 12, 18; ubi in medio nobis equosacer obhaesit Flumine, * Lucr. 4, 420: consurgenti ei primum lacinia obhaesit, * Suet. Ner. 19.—
II Transf., to cleave or cling to : utrisque pecunia sua obhaesit, Sen. Tranq. 8, 2.