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co⋅gent

  [koh-juhnt]
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–adjective
1. convincing or believable by virtue of forcible, clear, or incisive presentation; telling.
2. to the point; relevant; pertinent.
Origin:
1650–60; < L cōgent- (s. of cōgēns, prp. of cōgere to drive together, collect, compel), equiv. to cōg- (co- co- + ag-, s. of agere to drive) + -ent- -ent

Related forms:
co⋅gent⋅ly, adverb
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co·gent   (kō'jənt)   
adj.  Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning; convincing: a cogent argument. See Synonyms at valid.

[Latin cōgēns, cōgent-, present participle of cōgere, to force : co-, co- + agere, to drive; see ag- in Indo-European roots.]
co'gen·cy (-jən-sē) n., co'gent·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

cogent 
1659, from Fr. cogent "necessary, urgent" (14c.), from L. cogentem (nom. cogens), prp. of cogere "to curdle, to compel, to collect," from com- "together" + agere "to drive" (see act).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

COGENT
COmpiler and GENeralized Translator

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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