cogent

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

COGENT, adjective [See Cogency.] 1. Forcible, in a physical sense; as the cogent force of nature. 2. Urgent; pressing on the mind; forcible; powerful; not easily resisted; as a cogent reason, or argument. The harmony of the universe furnishes cogent proofs of a deity.
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