cogent
AdjectiveOpen English WordNet
Adjective (1)
- powerfully persuasive“a cogent argument”“a telling presentation”“a weighty argument”Synonyms: tellingweightyOpposite dissuasiveSimilar persuasive
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: L. cogens, p. pr. of cogere to drive together, to force; co- + agere to drive. See Agent, adjective, and cf. Coact to force, Coagulate, participial adjective
1. Compelling, in a physical sense; powerful. obsolete
The cogent force of nature.— Matthew Prior
2. Having the power to compel conviction or move the will; constraining; conclusive; forcible; powerful; not easily resisted.
No better nor more cogent reason.— Dr. Henry More
Proofs of the most cogent description.— Tyndall.
The tongue whose strains were cogent as commands, Revered at home, and felt in foreign lands.— William Cowper
Synonyms: Forcible; powerful; potent; urgent; strong; persuasive; convincing; conclusive; influential.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
<language> (COGENT) A compiler writing language with pattern-directed string and list processing features, for CDC 3600 and CDC 3800. A COGENT program consists of productions defining a context-free language, plus analysis and synthesis function generators.
["COGENT Programming Manual", J.C. Reynolds, ANL-7022, Argonne, Mar 1965].
[Sammet 1969, p.638].
["An Introduction to the COGENT System", J.C. Reynolds, Proc ACM 20th Natl Conf, 1965].
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