COHERE


Meaning of COHERE in English

/koh hear"/ , v.i. , cohered, cohering .

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.

[ 1590-1600; cohaerere, equiv. to co- CO- + haerere to stick, cling ]

Syn. 1. See stick 2 . 3. follow.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .