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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
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