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cohere

[ koh-heer ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used without object)

, co·hered, co·her·ing.

to stick together; be united; hold fast, as parts of the same mass:
The particles of wet flour cohered to form a paste.
Physics. (of two or more similar substances) to be united within a body by the action of molecular forces.
to be naturally or logically connected:
Without sound reasoning no argument will cohere.
Synonyms: follow
to agree; be congruous:
Her account of the incident cohered with his.

cohere

/ kəʊˈhɪə /

Origin of cohere¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; from Latin cohaerēre, equivalent to co- co- + haerēre “to stick, cling”

Origin of cohere¹

C16: from Latin cohaerēre from co- together + haerēre to cling, adhere

A great work of fiction involves a certain frisson that occurs when its various components cohere and then ignite.

These being too imperfect to be printed alone, his friends inserted them in the memorial, where they seemed best to cohere.

Remove the filmy part, and heat the frayed edges till they cohere and form an incipient tube.

To have him thus cohere into substance at a moment's notice lent him the novelty of a new creation.

The two packets of eggs sometimes cohere together at their lower ends.

If the residual gold is broken up, move the crucible so as to bring the particles together, so that they may cohere.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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