coherev.
/kəʊˈhɪə/ 1.
a. intransitive. To cleave or stick together; esp. said of the constituent parts of a material substance.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being thick enough to retain form > be thick enough to retain form [verb (intransitive)] > cohere
clingOE
clitchc1400
clutchc1425
coagmentate1578
congeal1584
clung1601
cohere1616
conglutinatea1625
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > be or become joined together [verb (intransitive)] > be or become closely, intimately, or permanently joined > cohere
to hold togetherc1330
to hang togetherc1400
gluec1420
to stick together1535
cohere1616
cement1660
1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Cohere, to cleaue, sticke or hang together.
1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing v. 46 Particles of matter, which by reason of their figures, will not cohære or lie together, but in such an order.
1742 H. Baker Microscope made Easy ii. vii. 106 When the Globules of the Blood cohere in Masses too large.
1839 G. Bird Elements Nat. Philos. 14 Two freshly-cut surfaces of caoutchouc will, on being pressed together, cohere so tightly that it is scarcely possible to separate them.
1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks ii. 1 The grains simply cohere without any perceptible cement.
b. Said of the substance, mass, or body whose parts so stick together.
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1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Sickness When the Cloud..Coheres in a body without parting.
1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea I. xliv. 569 The hard mass became fluid. It still cohered.
c. spec. in Botany: see cohesion n. and cohering adj.
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the world > plants > part of plant > growth, movement, or curvature of parts > grow, move, or curve [verb (intransitive)] > grow together
adhere1776
cohere1796
1796 De Serra in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 86 501 In this case, gems never cohere, the abortive one falls.
2. transferred of non-material things, societies, etc.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > be or become joined together [verb (intransitive)] > be or become closely, intimately, or permanently joined > cohere > specifically of non-material things
cohere1603
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1340 That natures parmanent and divine, should cohere unto themselves inseparably.
1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 160. ⁋5 There are others [natures] which immediately cohere whenever they come into the reach of mutual attraction.
1865 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Rationalism II. iv. 71 A complete dissolution of the moral principles by which society coheres.
1870 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (ed. 2) I. ii. ii. 180 Feelings of different orders cohere with one another less strongly than do feelings of the same order.
3. Of persons: To stick together; to unite or remain united in action.
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society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > associate together or with [verb (intransitive)]
mingc1275
company1387
joinc1390
meddlec1390
herd?a1400
fellowshipc1430
enfellowship1470
to step in1474
accompany?1490
yoke?a1513
to keep with ——c1515
conjoin1532
wag1550
frequent1577
encroach1579
consort1588
sort1595
commerce1596
troop1597
converse1598
to keep (also enter, come into, etc.) commons1598
to enter common1604
atone1611
to walk (also travel) in the way with1611
minglea1616
consociate1638
associate1644
corrive1647
co-unite1650
walk1650
cohere1651
engage1657
mix1667
accustom1670
to make one1711
coalite1735
commerciate1740
to have nothing to say to (also with)1780
gang?1791
companion1792
mess1795
matea1832
comrade1865
to go around1904
to throw in with1906
to get down1975
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xlii. 316 No one man so much as cohæring to another.
1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon ii. vii. 308 By cohering with other persons of condition.
1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man I. v. 162 Selfish and contentious people will not cohere.
4. † b. To combine congruously, agree. Obsolete.
a. To be congruous in substance, tenor, or general effect; to be consistent.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > uniformity > [verb (intransitive)] > be or become consistent or homogeneous
cohere1598
homogenize1938
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > agree/be in harmony/be congruous [verb (intransitive)] > be consistent
adhere1461
to hang together1553
cohere1598
refer1605
connect1753
1598 B. Yong tr. A. Pérez 2nd Pt. Diana in tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 248 That one [assertion] cohereth but ill with the other.
a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) i. xiii. §2. 137 They deny him to haue any knowledge in him, whom yet they acknowledge to bee the most High. Things, that cannot cohere.
1679 T. Shadwell True Widow ii. 29 That Trimming..does not cohere with your Complexion at all.
1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles xxxii. 441 Nothing..cohered more intimately with the purpose of his Gospel.
1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh ii. 87 To draw my uses to cohere with needs.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > agree/be in harmony/be congruous [verb (intransitive)]
accord1340
cord1340
concordc1374
agree1447
to stand togetherc1449
rhyme?a1475
commonc1475
gree?a1513
correspond1529
consent1540
cotton1567
pan1572
reciprocate1574
concur1576
meet1579
suit1589
sorta1592
condog1592
square1592
fit1594
congrue1600
sympathize1601
symbolize1605
to go even1607
coherea1616
congreea1616
hita1616
piece1622
to fall in1626
harmonize1629
consist1638
comply1645
shadow1648
quare1651
atonea1657
symphonize1661
syncretize1675
chime1690
jibe1813
consone1873
a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) v. i. 250 Till each circumstance, Of place, time, fortune, do co-here and iumpe That I am Viola. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. i. 11 Had time coheard with Place, or place with wishing. View more context for this quotation
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 190 Though this Nation disagree in sundry fantasies, yet cohere they in this one.
c. ‘To be well connected; to follow regularly in the order of discourse’ (Johnson).
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1800 in E. Burke Thoughts on Scarcity Pref. p. ix They have been inserted..where they seemed best to cohere.
d. To be coherent, to ‘hang together’ as a composition. ? Obsolete.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > clarity > be clear [verb (intransitive)] > cohere
adherea1616
cohere1828
1828 T. Carlyle Burns in Edinb. Rev. Dec. 285 The piece does not properly cohere.
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the mind > possession > owning > belong [verb (intransitive)]
limp858
longlOE
belielOE
fallc1175
rine?c1225
belongc1330
pertaina1382
bec1384
appertain1416
cohere1634
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 23 This Ile was then gouerned by a Queene, but the rule coheres at other times with Kings.
6. passive. To be united. rare.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > combine [verb (intransitive)]
adjoin1483
combinate1578
meet1581
symbolize1601
cohere1606
to run together1662
consolidate1690
combine1712
to run into ——a1715
compound1727
accrete1730
amalgamate1797
concrete1853
1606 J. Ford Honor Triumphant sig. E1v In a perfect louer..all these three are iudicially cohered.
1911 G. H. Mair Eng. Lit.: Mod. 100 His Essays..were in their origin merely jottings gradually cohered and enlarged into the series we know.
7. transitive. To cause to cohere or hold together.
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1875 R. R. Brash Eccl. Archit. Ireland 152 No cements were used to cohere the material.
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