'Cohere' definitions:

Definition of 'cohere'

(from WordNet)
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" [syn: cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere]
verb
Cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole; "Religion can cohere social groups"
verb
Have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results; "the principles by which societies cohere"

Definition of 'Cohere'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Neither knows he . . . how the solid parts of the body are united or cohere together. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • They have been inserted where they best seemed to cohere. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To suit; to agree; to fit. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Had time cohered with place, or place with wishing. --Shak.
  • Syn: To cleave; unite; adhere; stick; suit; agree; fit; be consistent. [1913 Webster] Coherence

Synonyms of 'cohere'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Cohere'