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cohaereo

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From con- +‎ haereō (cleave, cling).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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cohaereō (present infinitive cohaerēre, perfect active cohaesī, supine cohaesum); second conjugation, no passive

  1. to cling, cleave or stick cling (closely) together; to be united, cohere, adhere
  2. to be composed of, consist of or in
  3. (of persons) to be near, close or united
  4. (in discourse) to be closely connected, belong together
  5. (in thought) to be consistent (with), agree (together), to be in agreement (with), harmonize (with)
  6. to hold oneself together, maintain oneself, remain, exist
  7. to be in contact with or contiguous to

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: cohere, cohesure
  • Portuguese: coerir

References

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  • cohaereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cohaereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cohaereo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be closely connected with a thing: cohaerere, coniunctum esse cum aliqua re
    • to be very intimately related: apte (aptissime) cohaerere