Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-CO-HER'ENT
IN-CO-HER'ENCEIN-CO-HER'ENT-LY
IN-CO-HER'ENT, a. [in and coherent.]
- Wanting cohesion; loose; unconnected; not fixed to each other; applied to material substances. Woodward.
- Wanting coherence or agreement; incongruous; inconsistent; having no dependence of one part on another; as, the thoughts of a dreaming man, and the language of a madman, are incoherent.
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