ADHERE Copy link • ADHEREadhaerere alicui rei Hence, to cling to; of properties, customs, etc.: haerere alicui: manere (to remain). Sin adheres to him, haeret ei peccatum. Cling to; am devoted to, adhaeresco alicui rei: amplector or amplexus teneo aliquid. To adhere to justice and virtue, justitiae honestatique adhaerescere: justitiam honestatemque amplecti. Hence = to be an adherent of anybody, deditum, addictum esse, favere, studere alicui: favere alicujus partibus; studiosum esse alicujus; esse e partibus alicujus; sequi, sectari aliquem; sequi alicujus auctoritatem; assectari aliquem; assectam or sectatorem esse alicujus (the last three especially of the followers of some more powerful person). To adhere to a philosophical sect, sequi pbilosophiam; esse ab aliqua disciplina.