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co·here

   [koh-heer]
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; < Latin cohaerēre, equivalent to co- co- + haerēre to stick, cling

Synonyms
1. See stick2. 3. follow.

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cohere
1590s, from L. cohærere "to cleave together," from com- "together" + hærere "to stick" (see coherent). Related: Coherency, cohering.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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