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1. Come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
   "The sushi rice grains cohere"
   - cling, cleave, adhere, stick
    
2. Cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole
   "Religion can cohere social groups"
    
3. Have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results
   "the principles by which societies cohere"

Derived forms: cohered, cohering, coheres

See also: coherent, cohesion, cohesive

Type of: adjoin, alter, be, change, contact, meet, modify, touch