Cleave, to stick, to hold to; followed by to: “my tongue c. to my roof,” R2 V, 3, 31. “thy son's blood --ing to my blade,” H6C I, 3, 50. Figuratively, a) to fit, to sit well on: “new honours, like our strange garments, c. not to their mould,” Mcb. I, 3, 145. b) to adhere closely, to stick to, to abide by: “thy thoughts I c. to,” Tp. IV, 165. “and c. to no revenge but Lucius,'” Tit. V, 2, 136. “if you shall c. to my consent, it shall make honour for you,” Mcb. II, 1, 25.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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