Co-hēr'ent, a.

a. [Lat. cohærens. See supra.]

1. Sticking together; cleaving, as the parts of bodies, solid or fluid. Arbuthnot.
2. Connected by some relation or agreement of form, order, &c.; observing due agreement; consistent; as, a coherent plan, argument, discourse, &c.

A coherent thinker and a strict reasoner is not to be made at once by a set of rules. Watts. 3. Being suitable or suited; regularly adapted. Instruct my daughter That time and place, with this deceit so lawful, May prove coherent. Shak.