ADHERENT

ADHE'RENT, adjective Sticking, uniting, as glue or wax; united with, as an adherent mode in Locke, that is, a mode accidentally joined with an object, as wetness in a cloth.ADHE'RENT, noun The person who adheres; one who follows a leader, party or profession; a follower, or partisan; a believer in a particular faith or church.In the sense of appendage. obsolete

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adherent. Adherent, a. united with or to, sticking close to

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Ad‐her″ent (�), a. [[L. adhaerens, -entis, p. pr.: cf. F. adhérent.]] 1. 1. Sticking; clinging; adhering. Pope.
2. 2. Attached as an attribute or circumstance.
3. 3. (Bot.) Congenitally united with an organ of another kind, as calyx with ovary, or stamens with petals.