Webster's Dictionary 1828

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COGNOMINAL

COGNOMINAL, adjective1. Pertaining to a surname.2. Having the same name.

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COGNOMINATION

COGNOMINATION, noun A surname; the name of a family; a name given from any accident or quality; as Alexander the Great.

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COGNOSCENCE

COGNOSCENCE, noun [See Cognition.] Knowledge; the act or state of knowing.

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COGNOSCIBLE

COGNOSCIBLE, adjective That may be known.

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COGNOSCITIVE

COGNOSCITIVE, adjective Having the power of knowing.

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COGUAR

COGUAR, noun A carnivorous quadruped of America.

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COHABIT

COHABIT, verb intransitive1. To dwell with; to inhabit or reside in company, or in the same place, or country.2. To dwell or live together as husband and wife; usually or often ...

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COHABITANT

COHABITANT, noun One who dwells with another or in the same place.

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COHABITATION

COHABITATION, noun1. The act or state of dwelling together or in the same place with another.2. The state of living together as man and wife, without being legally married.

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COHEIR

COHEIR, noun A joint heir; one who succeeds to a share of an inheritance, which is to be divided among two or more.

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COHEIRESS

COHEIRESS, noun A female who inherits a share of an estate, which is to be divided among two or more heirs or heiresses; a joint heiress.

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COHERE

COHERE, verb intransitive1. To stick together; to cleave; to be united; to hold fast, as parts of the same mass, or as two substances that attract each other. Thus, particles of...

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COHERENCE

COHERENCE,COHERENCY, noun1. A sticking, cleaving or hanging together; union of parts of the same body, or a cleaving together of two bodies, by means of attraction; applied to a...

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COHERENCY

COHERENCY, n.1. A sticking, cleaving or hanging together; union of parts of the same body, or a cleaving together of two bodies, by means of attraction; applied to all substance...

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COHERENT

COHERENT, adjective1. Sticking together; cleaving; as the parts of bodies, solid or fluid.2. Connected; united, by some relation in form or order; followed by to, but rather by ...

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COHERENTLY

COHERENTLY, adverb In a coherent manner; with due connection or agreement of parts.

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COHESIBILITY

COHESIBILITY, noun The tendency which one part of matter evinces to unite with another part of matter, so as to form, out of different bodies, one common mass. It is opposed to ...

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COHESIBLE

COHESIBLE, adjective Capable of cohesion.

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COHESION

COHESION, noun s as z.1. The act of sticking together; the state of being united by natural attraction, as the constituent particles of bodies which unite in a mass, by a natura...

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COHESIVE

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

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COHESIVELY

COHESIVELY, adverb With cohesion.

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COHESIVENESS

COHESIVENESS, noun The quality of being cohesive; the quality of adhering together, as particles of matter.

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COHOBATE

COHOBATE, verb transitive Among chimists, to repeat the distillation of the same liquor or that from the same body, pouring the liquor back upon the matte remaining in the vessel.

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COHOBATED

COHOBATED, participle passive Repeatedly distilled.

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COHOBATING

COHOBATING, participle present tense Distilling repeatedly.

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COHOBATION

COHOBATION, noun The operation of repeatedly distilling the same liquor, or that from the same substance.

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COHOES

COHOES, OR COHOZE, noun A fall of water, or falls; a word of Indian origin in America.