Definition of
Cogent
- (adj, all) powerfully persuasive
a telling presentation
a weighty argument
- (adj, all) powerfully persuasive
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Alternate forms of Cogent
Derivations: cogency
Origin of the word Cogent
- 1659, from Fr. cogent "necessary, urgent" (14c.), from L. cogentem (nom. cogens), prp. of cogere "to curdle, to compel, to collect," from com- "together" + agere "to drive" (see act). more
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