adhesion

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The price he was prepared to offer these powers for their adhesion was to be a share in the colonial commerce of England, and the acquisition of some of the French and Spanish colonial dependencies for themselves.

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  1. noun The act or state of adhering.
  2. noun Attachment or devotion; loyalty.
  3. noun Assent or agreement to join.
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  • As a result he was restless and no longer master of the situation; the practical business of getting through the day was becoming onerous so that my adhesion was agreeable to him. —  The Complete Stories of Evelyn Waugh
  • In the spring of 1823 he accordingly made preparations for transferring himself from Genoa to Greece, and opened a correspondence with the leaders of the insurrection, that the importance of his adhesion might be duly appreciated. —  The Life of Lord Byron
  • A confidentiality clause in a contract of adhesion is a one-sided provision designed to disadvantage claimants and may even help conceal consumer fraud. —  Groklaw
  • The research now published in the journal Development shows how Dia mutations in fruit flies embryos result in a serious of defects during morphogenesis (process by which cells differentiate into tissues and structures), including loss of adhesion, abnormal movements and even migration of cells from one tissue to another. —  Ciencia Hoje - Noticias
  • While tacky materials may show some temporary adhesion, almost all substances release easily. —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
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  1. French adhésion, from Latin adhaesiō, adhaesiōn-, from adhaesus, past participle of adhaerēre, to adhere; see adhere.

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  1. from French adhésion, from Latin adhæsio(n-), from adhæsus, past participle of adhærere: see adhere.
 

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