cohere

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From Latin con- + hærere, to stick together.

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Infinitive
to cohere

Third person singular
coheres

Simple past
cohered

Past participle
cohered

Present participle
cohering

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

  1. To stick together physically, by adhesion or figuratively by common purpose.
    Separate molecules will cohere because of electromagnetic force.
  2. To be consistent as part of a group.
    Members of the party would cohere in the message they were sending.

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