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Cohere

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co⋅here

  [koh-heer]
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–verb (used without object), -hered, -her⋅ing.
1. to stick together; be united; hold fast, as parts of the same mass: The particles of wet flour cohered to form a paste.
2. Physics. (of two or more similar substances) to be united within a body by the action of molecular forces.
3. to be naturally or logically connected: Without sound reasoning no argument will cohere.
4. to agree; be congruous: Her account of the incident cohered with his.
Origin:
1590–1600; < L cohaerēre, equiv. to co- co- + haerēre to stick, cling

Synonyms:
1. See stick 2 . 3. follow.
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co·here   (kō-hîr')   
v.   co·hered, co·her·ing, co·heres

v.   intr.

  1. To stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation.

  2. To have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results: "The movie as a whole failed to cohere" (Robert Brustein).

v.   tr.
To cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole.

[Latin cohaerēre : co-, co- + haerēre, to cling.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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