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Definition of Cogent
1. Adjective. Powerfully persuasive. "A weighty argument"
Definition of Cogent
1. a. Compelling, in a physical sense; powerful.
Definition of Cogent
1. Adjective. Reasonable and convincing; based on evidence. ¹
2. Adjective. Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning. ¹
3. Adjective. Forcefully persuasive. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cogent
1. convincing [adj] : COGENTLY [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cogent
Literary usage of Cogent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"The cogent biologic attributes of the patients had previously been divided into
five ordinal stages having a strong prognostic gradient. ..."
2. The Law of Nations: Or, Principles of the Law of Nature, Applied to the by Emer de Vattel, Joseph Chitty (1883)
"Humanity revolts against Tery cogent a sovereign, who, without necessity or
without very powerful reason*, reasons, lavishes the blood of his most faithful ..."
3. The Law of Nations, Or, Principles of the Law of Nature Applied to the by Emer de Vattel, Joseph Chitty, Edward Duncan Ingraham (1867)
"Humanity revolts against Tery cogent a sovereign, who, without necessity or
without very powerful reasons, reasons, lavishes the blood of his most faithful ..."
4. Old Virginia and Her Neighbours by John Fiske (1897)
"... which was not due to any A cogent i • i j_ T returned. . . provocation on the
part of the whites, or else they showed the effects of mismanagement in 1 ..."
5. The Law of Nations; Or, Principles of the Law of Nature: Applied to the by Emer de Vattel (1854)
"Humanity revolts against very cogent a sovereign, who, without necessity or
without very powerful reasons, reasons, lavishes the blood of his most faithful ..."
6. The Life of John Jay: With Selections from His Correspondence and by William Jay (1833)
"... but they are cogent. 1 could fill some sheets with interesting communications,
if I had leisure; but other matters press, and must not be postponed, ..."
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