Cogent Definition

kōjənt
adjective
Forceful and to the point, as a reason or argument; compelling; convincing.
Webster's New World
Convincing; strongly appealing; compelling action, assent, or belief.
Webster's New World Law
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Origin of Cogent

  • Latin cōgēns cōgent- present participle of cōgere to force co- co- agere to drive ag- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin cōgēns, present active participle of cōgō (“drive together, compel”), from cō + agō (“drive”).

    From Wiktionary

Cogent Sentence Examples

  • The cogent arguments against this view are set forth in the article on Arthropoda.

  • However, Dean possessed no cogent thoughts on what to do with this new information.

  • The political reasons for these arrangements may have been cogent, but they injured France at the very outset.

  • On the score of sobriety the writer was equally cogent.

  • Thus to take the preface as a distinct word is not reasonable unless there are cogent grounds for uniting the commandments against polytheism and idolatry.

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Words Starting With

CCOCOG

Words Ending With

TNTENT

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Words Starting With C and Ending With T

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With C6 Letter Words Ending With T