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inhaerere, ~escere [CL] 1 to adhere to, be firmly attached to, stick (to, in) (usu. w. dat. in all senses; also dat. w. gdv., v. 4b, c; in w. abl., v. 1a; abl. alone, v. 3b; acc. of gd., v. 4b); b (w. person as subj.) to have a fixed abode (in, or adjacent to); c (w. building as subj.) to be attached or contiguous to; d (w. fire as subj.) to lay hold (of a combustible object). homines qui ‥ eam [feretram] tollere conabant retentis brachiis quasi glutinati ~ebant in feretro et non poterant se movere Hugeb. Will. 4 p. 98; 10‥ ~et, oncliofað WW; [quod cum] Nennius ‥ interposuit clipeum suum, in quo mucro Julii ‥ inhesit, ita ut ‥ ipsum imperator extrahere non potuisset G. Mon. IV 3; turris nostra ‥ sabloni inhesit immobilis Osb. Bawdsey clxvii; ricinus, vermis canis auribus ~ens Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 508; quid sponte luto si mersus inheret, / num precor hunc pietas, ira vel inde trahet? L. Durh. Dial. III 377; fingunt et eandem [Palladem] Jovis vertici inhesisse Alb. Lond. DG 10. 2 (v. Martianus Capella I 39).  b omnes cernentes biblum hunc semper rogitent hoc / post metam carnis valeam caelis inherere Godeman 37; eidem [MS BL Cotton Tiberius A xv: eodem] loco propinqua ~es habitatione (Lit. Papae) W. Malm. GR II 151 (= Mem. Dunst. 396).  c super tertium murum cui procerum palacia intrinsecus ~ebant Ord. Vit. X 20 p. 123; he appendices, -dicum i. mansiuncule quedem que magnis domibus ~ent Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 446.  d qui [sc. ignis] ‥ domui [non] potuit ~ere Map NC I 30 f. 23 (v. 2 flamen 1b). 2 to hold firmly on to, cling to (also fig.). [apostoli] merito censentur coeli senatores ‥ quia vere viti Christo inheserunt fructuosi palmites Ord. Vit. I 20 p. 92; nauclerus ‥ super undas caput extulit, et videns capita eorum qui ligno utcumque ~ebant interrogavit ‥ Ib. XII 26 p. 414; soletis in scripturis magis sensui quam verbis incumbere, fructui potius quam foliis ~ere Ann. Worc. pref. p. 355. 3 (fig.): a to adhere to, abide by (laws, moral principles, advice, plans, or sim.); b to dwell upon, be absorbed in (emotions, topics). a quos [sacerdotes] ‥ populum, si tamen sanctionibus ~et, ‥ totis necesse est viribus lapidare Gildas EB 65; opto ut bonis moribus indissolubiliter ~eas Anselm (Ep. 79) III 202; mandatis ejus [Dei] ~endo ad illum festinemus Ord. Vit. II 8 p. 321; 1236 (v. exponere 5c); 1282 providentes ut prior ipse duodecim fratrum ‥ consiliis ~eret in omnibus ipsius monasterii gerendis negotiis Peckham Ep. 262 p. 346; 1408 (v. disturbativus).  b venustate illustrissimae habitationis captus ipsa eadem loci delectatione inhaesi Folc. V. Bot. Pref. 373; nolo te sic iis quae diximus ~ere ut ea pertinaciter teneas, si quis validioribus argumentis haec destruere ‥ valuerit Anselm (Gram. 21) I 168; Ib. (Casus Diab. 1) I 235 (v. inhiare 2a); eorum qui rebus ~ent multe sunt et diverse opiniones J. Sal. Met. 874D (cf. ib.: alius versatur in intellectibus); quomodo mens hominis perplexa ‥ spiritualibus ~ebit aut cogitabit eterna? P. Blois Ep. 142 p. 426B; rex noster ‥ totus ~ens Dei auxilio et sue cause justicie G. Hen. V 11 p. 74. 4 to be constantly engaged in, occupied with: a (var. activities); b (sins, worldly pleasures, or sim.); c (worship, religious contemplation). a Bernardus ‥ usque ad senium militie inhesit Ord. Vit. VI 8 p. 43; studiis bonis sollerter ~ebat Ib. VI 10 p. 122; regiis excubiis ~ens G. Font. Inf. S. Edm. 1 (v. excubiae 3c); 1543 (v. decernere 5c).  b princeps ‥ sordidis adulterii voluptatibus ut porcus luto gaudens inhesit Ord. Vit. VII 4 p. 163; nimium flagitiis ~et humana intentio Ib. VIII 10 p. 325; illa ‥ partu explicito voluptati frequentande non inhesit W. Malm. GP II 87 p. 191; probrosis ‥ ~ere deliciis Map NC III 2 f. 39; non sapit ille Deum qui totus inheret habendum / has pompas mundi Gower VC V 679.  c divino cultui nocte dieque ferventer inhesit Ord. Vit. III 9 p. 111; Ad. Scot OP 520D (v. disciplinatus a); incolas [Hiberniae] ydolatrie cultui diu ~entes (Berachus 2) VSH I 75; tam ardenter inhesit divinis laudibus audiendis et secretis oraculis quod ‥ G. Hen. V 22 p. 154. 5 to cling to (someone, as follower, companion, or sim.): a (in allegiance, loyalty, obedience); b (w. dat. fidelitati); c (w. ref. to devotion to God or Christ). d (in companionship, fellowship); e (w. dat. sodalicio, consortio). f (w. dat. vestigiis) to follow in the footsteps (of). a adquiesce nobis et indesinenter ~e, et terciam partem Anglie ‥ poteris habere Ord. Vit. IV 13 p. 261; [filius meus] michi a primis annis semper inhesit et michi ‥ per omnia libenter obedivit Ib. VII 15 p. 243; 1536 (v. factio 6).  b oppidani regis fidelitati firmiter inheserunt Ord. Vit. XIII 30 p. 82.  c due sorores ‥ mundo renuntiasse Deoque soli ‥ ~ere credebantur Ord. Vit. III 5 p. 91; tibi, summe Creator, inhesit (Epitaphium) Ib. XII 30 p. 424; sanctimonialis ‥ celesti sponso libera ~et ac deseruit Ib. XII 33 p. 439; multi ‥ renuntiantes seculo ad religionem convolantes ~ere studebant totaliter soli Deo V. Edm. Rich P 1791 A.  d curie sororii sui inseparabilis inhesit Ord. Vit. VIII 22 p. 401; comiti ‥ familiaritate inheserat Ib. XIII 26 p. 68.  e vos ‥ commoneo ut bonorum ‥ indesinenter ~eatis sodalicio Ord. Vit. VII 15 p. 242; [Aldhelmus monuit] discipulum ‥ ne ‥ meretricularum consortio ~eat W. Malm. GP V 213.  f a1162 venerabilium fratrum nostrorum ‥ episcoporum vestigiis ~entes, que ab eis ‥ provisa sunt ‥ confirmamus Doc. Theob. 217; veterum vestigiis ~entes ‥ Edmundi majores memorabimus V. Edm. Rich P 1775 A; c1332 principes, tam pii magistri [sc. Dei] ~endo vestigiis, ‥ condecet lapsorum culpis ignoscere J. Mason Ep. 17 p. 206. 6 (w. thought, feeling, object of thought, or sim. as subj.) to be or remain implanted (in a person, his mind, or sim.). certum est cordibus vestris similem affectum erga me non dissimiliter ~ere Anselm (Ep. 54) III 168; pro contuitu religionis ejus nulli presentium de fide dictorum inhesit ambiguum W. Malm. GR IV 332; ille visum sociis narravit, et ipsis inde magna confidentia inhesit Ord. Vit. VII 12 p. 214; 1240 (v. generativus 1b); poete ‥ mentibus nostris longa consuetudine ~escunt Bacon CSTheol. 28; nullum verbum de sapientia quam tu habuisti menti tue ~et (Mochua 3) VSH II 185. 7 (w. abstr. as subj.) to be permanently present in, associated with. b (log. & phil., w. quality, attribute, or sim. as subj.) to inhere in, inhere. leta obsecundant libidini, tristia vero ~ent crudelitati Ord. Vit. VIII 15 p. 358; preceptum germinandi ‥ veluti lex quedam nature fuit et inhesit terre Gros. Hexaem. IV 17. 2.  b [forma] rebus creatis ~et J. Sal. Met. 875D (v. forma 11a); (Shirwood) GLA III 14 (v. inhaerentia); ista tria problemata ‥ non querunt nisi de modo ~endi Kilwardby OS 507; concedo quod nullo modo ~endi ~et oppositum predicati hujus Duns Ord. I 223; Deo non ~et aliqua res extra Ockham Quodl. 551; quero utrum [accio vel passio] sit per se stans aut alteri ~ens Ib. 709.

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