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Verb: cohere  kow'heer
  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

Type of: adjoin, alter, change, connect, contact, join, link, link up, meet, modify, touch, unite

Encyclopedia: Cohere