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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cohere \Co*here"\, 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.
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.]
Had time cohered with place or place with wishing.
--Shak.
Syn: To cleave; unite; adhere; stick; suit; agree; fit be
consistent.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
cohere
v : come or be in close contact with "The dress clings to her
body"; "The shirt stuck to the athlete's sweaty chest"
[syn: {cling}, {adhere}, {stick}]
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