Adhere

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vi To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to Agree.

II. Adhere ·vi To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura.

III. Adhere ·vi To hold, be attached, or devoted; to remain fixed, either by personal union or conformity of faith, principle, or opinion; as, men adhere to a party, a cause, a leader, a church.