v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Adhered p. pr. & vb. n. Adhering ] [ L. adhaerere, adhaesum; ad + haerere to stick: cf. F. adhérer. See Aghast. ] 1. To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To hold, be attached, or devoted; to remain fixed, either by personal union or conformity of faith, principle, or opinion; as, men adhere to a party, a cause, a leader, a church. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree. “Nor time nor place did then adhere.” “Every thing adheres together.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To attach; stick; cleave; cling; hold [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aëro- + sphere: cf. F. aérosphère. ] The atmosphere. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Everywhere. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ From Gr. 'a`noplos unarmed ('an priv. + 'o`plon an implement, weapon) + qhri`on beast. ] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct quadrupeds of the order Ungulata, whose were first found in the gypsum quarries near Paris; characterized by the shortness and feebleness of their canine teeth (whence the name). [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In any place. Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the lower layer of the earth's crust, below the lithosphere. It is estimated as from fifty to several hundred miles thick. It is less rigid than the lithosphere, but still rigid enough to transmit some transverse seismic waves. [ RHUD ] [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; vapor (akin to Skr. ātman breath, soul, G. athem breath) + &unr_; sphere: cf. F. atmosphère. See Sphere. ] 1. (Physics) (a) The whole mass of aëriform fluid surrounding the earth; -- applied also to the gaseous envelope of any celestial orb, or other body; as, the atmosphere of Mars. (b) Any gaseous envelope or medium. [ 1913 Webster ]

An atmosphere of cold oxygen. Miller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A supposed medium around various bodies; as, electrical atmosphere, a medium formerly supposed to surround electrical bodies. Franklin. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The pressure or weight of the air at the sea level, on a unit of surface, or about 14.7 lbs. to the sq. inch. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hydrogen was liquefied under a pressure of 650 atmospheres. Lubbock. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Any surrounding or pervading influence or condition. [ 1913 Webster ]

The chillest of social atmospheres. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The portion of air in any locality, or affected by a special physical or sanitary condition; as, the atmosphere of the room; a moist or noxious atmosphere. [ 1913 Webster ]

. 1. (Zool.) (a) The central mass of the aster in mitotic cell division; centrosphere. (b) Less often, the mass of archoplasm left by the aster in the resting cell. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Bot.) A small body situated on or near the nucleus in the cells of some of the lower plants, consisting of two centrospheres containing centrosomes. It exercises an important function in mitosis. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. bary`s heavy + sphere. ] (Geol.) The heavy interior portion of the earth, within the lithosphere. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a spherical deep diving apparatus (lowered by a cable) for underwater exploration; it is constructed with a strong steel shell to withstand high pressures at the ocean bottom. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

{ } n. [ Bed + AS. fera a companion. ] A bedfellow. [ Obs. ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Bedfere. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. blasto`s sprout + E. sphere. ] (Biol.) The hollow globe or sphere formed by the arrangement of the blastomeres on the periphery of an impregnated ovum. [ See Illust. of Invagination. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; centre + sphere. ] 1. (Geol.) The nucleus or central part of the earth, forming most of its mass; -- disting. from lithosphere, hydrosphere, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Biol.) The central mass of an aster from which the rays extend and within which the centrosome lies when present; the attraction sphere. The name has been used both as excluding and including the centrosome, and also to designate a modified mass of protoplasm about a centrosome whether aster rays are developed or not. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A chromosphere. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; color + E. sphere. ] (Astron.) An atmosphere of rare matter, composed principally of incandescent hydrogen gas, surrounding the sun and enveloping the photosphere. Portions of the chromosphere are here and there thrown up into enormous tongues of flame. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a grain, seed + E. sphere. ] (Biol.) A small, rounded, marine organism, capable of braking up into coccoliths. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Cohered p. pr. & vb. n. Cohering ] [ L. cohaerere, cohaesum; co- + haerere to stick, adhere. See Aghast, a. ] 1. To stick together; to cleave; to be united; to hold fast, as parts of the same mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

Neither knows he . . . how the solid parts of the body are united or cohere together. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be united or connected together in subordination to one purpose; to follow naturally and logically, as the parts of a discourse, or as arguments in a train of reasoning; to be logically consistent. [ 1913 Webster ]

They have been inserted where they best seemed to cohere. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To suit; to agree; to fit. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Had time cohered with place, or place with wishing. Shak.

Syn. -- To cleave; unite; adhere; stick; suit; agree; fit; be consistent. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To inhere or exist together, as in one substance. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ko`smos the world + E. sphere. ] An apparatus for showing the position of the earth, at any given time, with respect to the fixed stars. It consist of a hollow glass globe, on which are depicted the stars and constellations, and within which is a terrestrial globe. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. dinotherium, fr. Gr. deino`s terrible + qhri`on beast. ] (Paleon.) A large extinct proboscidean mammal from the miocene beds of Europe and Asia. It is remarkable for a pair of tusks directed downward from the decurved apex of the lower jaw. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Everywhere. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The sky eachwhere did show full bright and fair. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In any other place; as, these trees are not to be found elsewhere. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In some other place; in other places, indefinitely; as, it is reported in town and elsewhere. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. en- + sphere. Cf. Insphere. ] 1. To place in a sphere; to envelop. [ 1913 Webster ]

His ample shoulders in a cloud ensphered. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To form into a sphere. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In every place; in all places; hence, in every part; thoroughly; altogether. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. hemisphaerium, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; half = &unr_; sphere: cf. F. hémisphère. See Hemi-, and Sphere. ] 1. A half sphere; one half of a sphere or globe, when divided by a plane passing through its center. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Half of the terrestrial globe, or a projection of the same in a map or picture. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The people who inhabit a hemisphere. [ 1913 Webster ]

He died . . . mourned by a hemisphere. J. P. Peters. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cerebral hemispheres. (Anat.) See Brain. --
Magdeburg hemispheres (Physics), two hemispherical cups forming, when placed together, a cavity from which the air can be withdrawn by an air pump; -- used to illustrate the pressure of the air. So called because invented by Otto von Guericke at Magdeburg.

/mhw>, pron. pl. [ OE. here, hire, AS. heora, hyra, gen. pl. of hē. See He. ] Of them; their. [ Obs. ] Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

On here bare knees adown they fall. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Hair. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

pron. 1. See Her, their. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Her; hers. See Her. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ OE. her, AS. hēr; akin to OS. hēr, D. hier, OHG. hiar, G. hier, Icel. & Goth. hēr, Dan. her, Sw. här; fr. root of E. he. See He. ] 1. In this place; in the place where the speaker is; -- opposed to there. [ 1913 Webster ]

He is not here, for he is risen. Matt. xxviii. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In the present life or state. [ 1913 Webster ]

Happy here, and more happy hereafter. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To or into this place; hither. [ Colloq. ] See Thither. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here comes Virgil. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou led'st me here. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. At this point of time, or of an argument; now. [ 1913 Webster ]

The prisoner here made violent efforts to rise. Warren. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Here, in the last sense, is sometimes used before a verb without subject; as, Here goes, for Now (something or somebody) goes; -- especially occurring thus in drinking healths. “Here's [ a health ] to thee, Dick.” Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here and there, in one place and another; in a dispersed manner; irregularly. “Footsteps here and there.” Longfellow. --
It is neither, here nor there, it is neither in this place nor in that, neither in one place nor in another; hence, it is to no purpose, irrelevant, nonsense. Shak.

n. A small tree or shrub (Hoheria populnea) of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage.
Syn. -- lacebark, ribbonwood, Hoheria populnea. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Pref. hydro-, 1 + sphere. ] 1. (Meteor.) The aqueous vapor of the entire atmosphere. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Phys. Geog.) The aqueous envelope of the earth, including the ocean, all lakes, streams, and underground waters, and the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A mathematical object existing in more than three dimensions, analogous to the sphere in that all points on the surface are equidistant from the central point; a generalization of a sphere in more than three dimensions. [ PJC ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Inhered p. pr. & vb. n. Inhering. ] [ L. inhaerere; pref. in- in + haerere to stick, hang. See Hesitate. ] To be inherent; to stick (in); to be fixed in or permanently incorporated with something; to cleave (to); to belong, as attributes or qualities. [ 1913 Webster ]

They do but inhere in the subject that supports them. Digby.

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Insphered p. pr. & vb. n. Insphering. ] [ Cf. Ensphere. ] To place in, or as in, an orb a sphere. Cf. Ensphere. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bright aërial spirits live insphered
In regions mild of calm and serene air. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the outer region of the earth's atmosphere, beyond which is the exosphere; it contains a high concentration of free electrons and ions, and extends from about 50 miles to about 250 miles above the earth's surface, but the height shows daily and seasonal variation, and the composition of the particles in the ionosphere is also affected by events such as solar flares. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ Iso- + Gr. &unr_; summer, &unr_; to heat. ] (Phys. Geog.) A line connecting points on the earth's surface having the same mean summer temperature. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Leuco- + sphere. ] (Astron.) The inner corona. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Litho- + sphere. ] (Phys. Geog.) (a) The solid earth as distinguished from its fluid envelopes, the hydrosphere and atmosphere. (b) The outer part of the solid earth, the portion undergoing change through the gradual transfer of material by volcanic eruption, the circulation of underground water, and the process of erosion and deposition. It is, therefore, regarded as a third mobile envelope comparable with the hydrosphere and atmosphere. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. the magnetic field of a planet; the volume around the planet in which charged particles are subject more to the planet's magnetic field than to the solar magnetic field. [ WordNet 1.6 ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. megatherium, fr. Gr. me`gas great + qhri`on beast. ] (Paleon.) An extinct gigantic quaternary mammal, allied to the ant-eaters and sloths. Its remains are found in South America. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ AS. nāhw&aemacr_;r. See No, and Where. ] Not anywhere; not in any place or state; as, the book is nowhere to be found. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. w, 'o`n an egg + E. sphere. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Bot.) An unfertilized, rounded mass of protoplasm, produced in an oogonium. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ After being fertilized by the access of antherozoids it becomes covered with a cell wall and develops into an oospore, which may grow into a new plant like the parent. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) An analogous mass of protoplasm in the ovule of a flowering plant; an embryonic vesicle. Goodale. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In or to some other place, or places; elsewhere. Milton. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ AS. āhwaer. ] Anywhere; somewhere. See Owher. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. paléothère. ] (Paleon.) Any species of Paleotherium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. fako`s a lentil seed, a wart + choi^ros a pig. ] (Zool.) The wart hog. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Photo- + sphere. ] A sphere of light; esp., the luminous envelope of the sun. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a pinna + &unr_; an animal. ] (Zool.) A crab of the genus pinnotheres. See Oyster crab, under Oyster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Plani- + sphere: cf. F. planisphère. See Plain, and Sphere. ] The representation of the circles of the sphere upon a plane; especially, a representation of the celestial sphere upon a plane with adjustable circles, or other appendages, for showing the position of the heavens, the time of rising and setting of stars, etc., for any given date or hour. [ 1913 Webster ]