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coact en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /kəʊˈakt/ (UK)

Etymology

From the participle stem of Latin cōgō.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) Forced, constrained, done under compulsion.
    • too much solitariness […] is either coact, enforced, or else voluntary. , vol.I, New York, 2001, p.244

Forms

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most coact Degree=Sup lexicographic
more coact Degree=Cmp lexicographic

coact en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /kəʊˈakt/ (UK)

Etymology

From the participle stem of Latin cōgō.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) To compel, constrain, force.
    • The faith and service of Christ ought to be voluntary and not coacted. 1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC:

Forms

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coacting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
coacts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
coacted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
coacted Tense=Past lexicographic

Translations (1)

es coaccionar (to compel, constrain, force)

coact en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /kəʊˈakt/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-lbor. English co- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin ācta Old French actbor. Middle English acte English act English coact From co- + act.

Meanings

  1. (rare) To work together.

Forms

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coacted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
coacted Tense=Past lexicographic
co-act alternative lexicographic
coacts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
coacting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Synonyms

cooperate