cohere

• cohære

From the Latin cohaereō (“I cohere, I cling (closely) together, I harmonise, I am consistent (with), I am in agreement with”).

• IPA^(key): /koʊˈhɪɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

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

1. (intransitive) To stick together physically, by adhesion.

   Separate molecules will cohere because of electromagnetic force.

   • 2018 July 19, Zoe Williams, “Can ditching meat and dairy open up new taste sensations? My week as a foodie vegan”, in The Guardian‎:

     Nothing coheres the way you expect. Substances float around each other until you crush them all with a blender.

2. (intransitive, figuratively) To be consistent as part of a group, or by common purpose.

   Members of the party would cohere in the message they were sending.

• adhere
• coherence
• coherent
• cohesive
• inhere

• cheero, choree, echoer, re-echo, reecho

cohērē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of cohēreō