cogent
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cogent \Co"gent\, a. [L. cogens, p. pr. of cogere to drive
together, to force; co- + agere to drive. See {Agent}, a.,
and cf. {Coact} to force, {Coagulate}, p. a.]
1. Compelling, in a physical sense; powerful. [Obs.]
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The cogent force of nature. --Prior.
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2. Having the power to compel conviction or move the will;
constraining; conclusive; forcible; powerful; not easily
reasisted.
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No better nor more cogent reason. --Dr. H. More.
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Proofs of the most cogent description. --Tyndall.
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The tongue whose strains were cogent as commands,
Revered at home, and felt in foreign lands.
--Cowper.
Syn: Forcible; powerful; potent; urgent; strong; persuasive;
convincing; conclusive; influential.
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from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
COmpiler and GENeralized Translator
COGENT
<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].
(1994-12-23)
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
127 Moby Thesaurus words for "cogent":
acute, admissible, advantageous, apperceptive, appercipient,
argute, armipotent, astute, auspicious, authoritative, beneficial,
benevolent, binding, bon, bonny, braw, bueno, capital, commendable,
compelling, consequential, consistent, constraining, convincing,
credible, discerning, dynamic, effective, elegant, energetic,
estimable, excellent, expedient, fair, famous, farseeing,
farsighted, favorable, fine, forceful, forcible, foreseeing,
foresighted, forethoughted, forethoughtful, good, goodly, grand,
healthy, helpful, high-potency, high-powered, high-pressure,
high-tension, in force, in power, incisive, inducing, influential,
irresistible, just, justifiable, justified, kind, laudable, lawful,
legal, legitimate, logical, longheaded, longsighted, meaningful,
mighty, mighty in battle, momentous, nice, noble, operative,
penetrating, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, perspicuous,
persuasive, piercing, plausible, pleasant, potent, powerful,
prepotent, profitable, provident, puissant, rational, reasonable,
regal, royal, ruling, sagacious, sane, satisfactory, satisfying,
self-consistent, sensible, significant, skillful, solid, sound,
splendid, striking, strong, substantial, sufficient, telling,
trenchant, understanding, useful, valid, very good, vigorous,
virtuous, vital, weighty, well-argued, well-founded, well-grounded,
wholesome
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