cohere

cohere
/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; < L cohaerere, equiv. to co- CO- + haerere to stick, cling]
Syn. 1. See stick2. 3. follow.

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