Definition of adhering:
(v) :
(intransitive) To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united.
(v) :
(intransitive, figurative) To be attached or devoted by personal union, in belief, on principle, etc.
(v) :
(intransitive, figurative) To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree.
(v) :
(transitive) To fasten by adhesion.
(v) :
(intransitive, Scots law) To affirm a judgment.