Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CO'GEN-CY
CO'GEN-CY, n. [L. cogens, from cogo; con and ago, to drive.]
Force; strength; power of compelling; literally, urgency, or driving. It is used chiefly of moral subjects, and in relation to force or pressure on the mind; as, the cogency of motives or arguments. – Locke.
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