ăd-haeresco, haesi, haesum, 3, v. inch. [adhaereo], to cleave or stick to, to adhere, lit. and trop. (in the trop. sense almost exclusively belonging to Cic.).
I Lit., constr. with ad , in , and abl. or ubi : tragula ad turrim, Caes. B. G. 5, 46: ne quid emineret, ubi ignis adhaeresceret, id. B. C. 2, 9: tamquam in quodam incili, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 5: si potes in his locis adhaerescere, if you can stick (i. e. stay or sojourn ) in such places , id. Att. 4, 4: in me omnia conjurationis nefaria tela adhaeserunt, Auct. Or. pro Dom. 24; cf. ib. 5; ad quamcunque disciplinam, tamquam ad saxum, adhaerescunt, Cic. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 3: argumentum ratio ipsa confirmat, quae simul atque emissa est, adhaerescit, sc. ad mentem, sticks fast to , is fastened upon the memory (the figure is derived from missiles), id. de Or. 2, 53.—With dat.: justitiae honestatique, to be attached or devoted to , Cic. Off. 1, 24.—And absol. : oratio ita libere fluebat, ut numquam adhaeresceret, never was at a stand , faltered , Cic. Brut. 79; cf. ib. 93 (v. haereo): adhaerescere ad columnam (sc. Maeniam); sarcastically, to remain fixed at the debtor's columns , i. e. to be punished as a fraudulent debtor , Cic. Sest. 8, 18; cf. Liv. 5, 47.—
II Fig., to correspond to , to accord with , to fit to or suit : si non omnia, quae praeponerentur a me ad omnium vestrūm studium, adhaerescerent, Cic. de Or. 3, 10, 37.