That the duty of cohabitation is released by the cruelty of one of the parties is admitted.
Lord Stowell.
Co*hab"it*er (?), n. A cohabitant. Hobbes.
Co*heir (?), n. A joint heir; one of two or more heirs; one of several entitled to an inheritance.
Co*heir"ess (?), n. A female heir who inherits with other heiresses; a joint heiress.
Co*heir"ship, n. The state of being a coheir.
Co*her"ald (?), n. A joint herald.
Co*here" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cohered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cohering (?).] [L. cohaerere, cohaesum; co- + haerere to stick, adhere. See Aghast, a.] 1. To stick together; to cleave; to be united; to hold fast, as parts of the same mass.
Neither knows he . . . how the solid parts of the body are united or cohere together.
Locke.
2. To be united or connected together in subordination to one purpose; to follow naturally and logically, as the parts of a discourse, or as arguments in a train of reasoning; to be logically consistent.
They have been inserted where they best seemed to cohere.
Burke.