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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la haereō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [aˈdae̯.re.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [aˈdɛː.re.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''adhaereō''' (present infinitive adhaerēre, perfect active adhaesī, supine adhaesum); second conjugation, no passive^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[ad-]] “to” and [[haereō]] “to cling, stick”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of attaching oneself to a person.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to cling, adhere, as Livy's men clinging to the rocks and Tacitus' ships at anchor, and of iron to a magnet, as in Lucretius, and of atoms to combine.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It meant to be fixed, of names to stick, as in Horace, to cling precariously, and to form a whole with, of body parts and land masses.^(OLD 2012) It meant to be adjacent, to keep close to a place, as in Tacitus, to persist in an occupation, to attach oneself to a person, as in Plautus, and of things to be inherent in.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to cling to, adhere, cleave to.^(Stelten 1995) [[en|adhere]] came in the 1590s from French ''adhérer'' or directly from Latin.^(Etymonline) It survives in Italian ''aderire'' and Spanish ''adherir''.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of attaching oneself.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of iron and a magnet.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of clinging to rocks.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 1590s – English ''adhere'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To cling, [[m|en|adhere]], stick to.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To be fixed; of names, to stick.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To be joined to.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To adjoin; to keep close.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To persist in.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To attach oneself to.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To be inherent in.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[adhaesiō]]
+ * [[adhaesus]]
+ * [[adhaerēscō]]
+ * [[adhaesē]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[cohaereō]]
+ * [[haereō]]
+ * [[inhaereō]]
+ * [[en|adhere]]
+ * [[en|adhesive]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}