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Webster 1913 Edition

Cogency

Co′gen-cy

,
Noun.
[See
Cogent
.]
The quality of being cogent; power of compelling conviction; conclusiveness; force.
An antecedent argument of extreme
cogency
.
J. H. Newman.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cogency

COGENCY

,
Noun.
Force; strength; power of compelling; literally, urgency, or driving. It is used chiefly of moral subjects, and in relation to force or pressure on the mid; as the cogency of motives or arguments.

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