Co-hēre', v. i.
v. i. [imp. & p. p. COHERED; p. pr. & vb. n. COHERING.] [Lat. cohærere, from co, for con, and hærere, to stick, adhere.]
Sense 1. To stick together; to cleave; to be united; to hold fast, as parts of the same mass, or as two substances that attract each other.
Neither knows he . . . how the solid parts of the body are united or cohere together. Locke.
Sense 2. To be well connected; to follow regularly in the natural order; to be suited in connection; as the parts of a discourse, or as arguments in a train of reasoning.
Do not embrace me till each circumstance Or place, time, fortune, do cohere, and jump That I am Viola. Shak.
Synonyms—To cleave; unite; adhere; stick; suit; agree; fit; be consistent.