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adhere (iou) and Stonehenge (oh)


adhere (iou)



adhere verb intrans. L15.
[Old & mod. French adherer or Latin adhaerere, from ad AD- + haerere to stick.]
Attach oneself to a person or party; be a follower. L15.
Ld Macaulay These people..adhered to the Church of Rome.
Stick fast (to a substance or object). E16.
T. Reid The parts of a body adhere so firmly. A. Wilson The ends of her fat, sticky fingers to which the chocolate had adhered. fig.: Gibbon Flattery adheres to power.
Give support to, or continue to maintain or observe, an opinion, practice, rule, etc. Foll. by to. M16.
W. S. Maugham He had adhered scrupulously to the terms of the capitulation.
Be consistent with itself or circumstances. L16-E17.
Shakespeare Macbeth Nor time nor place Did then adhere.
adherer noun (now rare) M16.

Stonehenge (oh)



a group of very large, tall stones that are arranged into a large circle with a smaller circle inside it, which stand on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, southern England. People think that they were put there about 4000 years ago and were used for studying the movements of the Sun, Moon, and stars. Some people also believe that they were used by the Druids (=ancient priests before the Christian period) in religious ceremonies.