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Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Cogent

Co′gent (kō′jĕnt), a. [L. cogens, p. pr. of cogere to drive together, to force; co- + agere to drive. See Agent, a., and cf. Coact to force, Coagulate, p. a.] 1. Compelling, in a physical sense; powerful. [Obs.]

The cogent force of nature. Prior.

2. Having the power to compel conviction or move the will; constraining; conclusive; forcible; powerful; not easily reasisted.

No better nor more cogent reason. Dr. H. More.

Proofs of the most cogent description. Tyndall.

The tongue whose strains were cogent as commands, Revered at home, and felt in foreign lands. Cowper.

Syn. — Forcible; powerful; potent; urgent; strong; persuasive; convincing; conclusive; influential.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Porter, editor (Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913). Public domain. Text as transcribed by MICRA, Inc., from Project Gutenberg. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: Greek, which our source spelled in Latin letters, set in Greek letters; entries of one spelling merged into one article; Greek words our source left out (shown as “?”), read from the 1898 printing, from the same plates (the Library of Congress’s copy), where the place could be found with certainty.