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Grammar : Adj
Spell : koh-juh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkoʊ dʒənt

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Définition of cogent

Origin :
  • 1650s, from French cogent "necessary, urgent" (14c.), from Latin cogentem (nominative cogens), present participle of cogere "to curdle; to compel; to collect," literally "to drive together," from com- "together" (see co-) + agere "to drive" (see act (n.)).
  • adj effective
Example sentences :
  • Also she would have cogent reason for keeping such a part in the affair a secret.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • Considering his great distress, the reasons must have been cogent indeed.
  • Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga
  • That's the most cogent thought you ever had, but setting the date is the bride's business.
  • Extract from : « Masters of Space » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • The Master was unimpeachable; His terse, cogent assertions were unanswerable.
  • Extract from : « Jesus the Christ » by James Edward Talmage
  • And yet they have the broadest meaning and the most cogent application.
  • Extract from : « The Life Radiant » by Lilian Whiting
  • The style is very felicitous, and the reasoning clear and cogent.
  • Extract from : « The Testimony of the Rocks » by Hugh Miller
  • And he can always give you the most cogent reasons for the faith that is in him.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays » by Ambrose Bierce
  • How cogent this necessity is appears directly the alternative is stated.
  • Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Proverbs » by R. F. Horton
  • Can we not find here the most cogent reasons for giving up the world?
  • Extract from : « Elijah the Tishbite » by C. (Charles) H. (Henry) Mackintosh
  • He adduces a cogent reason for thisNot as fools, but as wise.
  • Extract from : « The Mosaic History of the Creation of the World » by Thomas Wood

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