[Vocab] Cogent

Daniel M. Eldridge dme.gmail at eldridge.to
Fri Feb 22 10:54:27 PST 2008


co·gent (kō'jənt) pronunciation
adj.

Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning; convincing: a
cogent argument. See synonyms at valid.

[Latin cōgēns, cōgent-, present participle of cōgere, to force : co-,
co- + agere, to drive.]
cogency co'gen·cy (-jən-sē) n.
cogently co'gent·ly adv.

Source: http://www.answers.com/cogent&r=67

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cogent
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cogent


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