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Webster 1913 Edition
Cohere
Co-here′
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Cohered
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Cohering
.] 1.
To stick together; to cleave; to be united; to hold fast, as parts of the same mass.
Neither knows he . . . how the solid parts of the body are united or
cohere
together. Locke.
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.
They have been inserted where they best seemed to
cohere
. Burke.
3.
To suit; to agree; to fit.
[Obs.]
Syn. – To cleave; unite; adhere; stick; suit; agree; fit; be consistent.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cohere
COHERE
, v.i.1.
To stick together; to cleave; to be united; to hold fast, as parts of the same mass, or as two substances that attract each other. Thus, particles of clay cohere; polished surfaces of bodies cohere.2.
To be well connected; to follow regularly in the natural order; to be suited in connection; as the parts of a discourse, or as arguments in a train of reasoning.3.
To suit; to be fitted; to agree.