co·here (kō-hîr')

v., -hered, -her·ing, -heres.

v.intr.

1. To stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation.
2. To have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results: "The movie as a whole failed to cohere" (Robert Brustein).

v.tr.
To cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole.

[Latin cohaerēre : co-, co- + haerēre, to cling.]

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