COHERE

cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere

(verb) 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”

cohere

(verb) have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results; “the principles by which societies cohere”

cohere

(verb) cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole; “Religion can cohere social groups”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

cohere (third-person singular simple present coheres, present participle cohering, simple past and past participle cohered)

(intransitive) To stick together physically, by adhesion.

(intransitive, figurative) To be consistent as part of a group, or by common purpose.

Anagrams

• cheero, choree, echoer, re-echo, reecho

Source: Wiktionary

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Co*here", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cohered; p. pr. & vb. n. Cohering.] Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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