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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COHERE, v.i.
1. To stick together; to cleave; to be united; to hold fast, as parts of the same mass, or as two substances that attract each other. Thus, particles of clay cohere; polished surfaces of bodies cohere.
2. To be well connected; to follow regularly in the natural order; to be suited in connection; as the parts of a discourse, or as arguments in a train of reasoning.
3. To suit; to be fitted; to agree.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere" [syn: cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere]
2: cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole; "Religion can cohere social groups"
3: have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results; "the principles by which societies cohere"

Merriam Webster's

verb (cohered; cohering) Etymology: Latin cohaer?re, from co- + haer?re to stick Date: 1598 intransitive verb 1. a. to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass; broadly stick, adhere b. to display cohesion of plant parts 2. to hold together as a mass of parts that cohere 3. a. to become united in principles, relationships, or interests b. to be logically or aesthetically consistent transitive verb to cause (parts or components) to cohere Synonyms: see stick

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.intr. 1 (of parts or a whole) stick together, remain united. 2 (of reasoning etc.) be logical or consistent. Etymology: L cohaerere cohaes- (as CO-, haerere stick)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cohere Co*here", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cohered; p. pr. & vb. n. Cohering.] [L. cohaerere, cohaesum; co- + haerere to stick, adhere. See Aghast, a.] 1. To stick together; to cleave; to be united; to hold fast, as parts of the same mass. Neither knows he . . . how the solid parts of the body are united or cohere together. --Locke. 2. To be united or connected together in subordination to one purpose; to follow naturally and logically, as the parts of a discourse, or as arguments in a train of reasoning; to be logically consistent. They have been inserted where they best seemed to cohere. --Burke. 3. To suit; to agree; to fit. [Obs.] Had time cohered with place, or place with wishing. --Shak. Syn: To cleave; unite; adhere; stick; suit; agree; fit; be consistent.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(coheres, cohering, cohered) If the different elements of a piece of writing, a piece of music, or a set of ideas cohere, they fit together well so that they form a united whole. The various elements of the novel fail to cohere... This coheres with Peel's championing of alternative music... The empire could not cohere as a legitimate whole. = hang together V-RECIP: pl-n V, V with n, V (non-recip)

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. n. 1. Adhere or cleave to each other, stick together, hold together. 2. [With with.] Suit, fit, agree, square, tally, coincide, comport. 3. Be consistent, be rationally connected, make sense, tally or agree or comport with each other.

Moby Thesaurus

accord, adhere, agglomerate, agree, answer to, assent, associate, assort with, be consistent, be of one, be uniform with, blend, bunch, check, check out, chime, clasp, cleave, clinch, cling, cling to, clot, cluster, coagulate, coalesce, coincide, combine, come together, communicate, comport, concur, conform, conform with, congeal, conglomerate, connect, consist with, converge, cooperate, correspond, dovetail, embrace, fall in together, fit in, fit together, freeze to, fuse, go, go together, go with, grasp, grow together, hang on, hang together, harmonize, hit, hold, hold on, hold together, hug, intercommunicate, interlock, intersect, jibe, join, knit, lock, mass, match, meet, merge, overlap, parallel, persist, register, register with, respond to, set, sing in chorus, solidify, sort with, square, square with, stand together, stay, stay put, stick, stick together, take hold of, tally, unite