| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | co·gent |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k  j nt |
| ADJECTIVE: | Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning; convincing: a cogent argument. See synonyms at valid. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin cg ns, cgent-, present participle of cgere, to force : co-, co- + agere, to drive; see ag- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | cogen·cy (-jn-s) —NOUN
cogent·ly —ADVERB
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