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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Holding the particles of a homogeneous body together;

as,

cohesive

attraction

; producing cohesion;

as, a

cohesive

force

Cohering, or sticking together, as in a mass; capable of cohering; tending to cohere;

as,

cohesive

clay

–

Co-he′sive-ly

adv.

–

Co-he′sive-ness

Noun.

Adj.

That has the power of sticking or cohering; tending to unite in a mass, and to resist separation.

See also: cohesive

cohésive