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coact en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
/kəʊˈakt/ (UK)
Etymology
From the participle stem of Latin cōgō.
Meanings
(obsolete) Forced, constrained, done under compulsion.
too much solitariness […] is either coact, enforced, or else voluntary. , vol.I, New York, 2001, p.244
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most coact
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more coact
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coact en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
/kəʊˈakt/ (UK)
Etymology
From the participle stem of Latin cōgō.
Meanings
(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:
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coacting
Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part
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coacts
Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres
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coacted
Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part
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coacted
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Translations (1)
es coaccionar (to compel, constrain, force)
coact en · VERB · etymology 2
Pronunciation
/kəʊˈakt/ (UK)
Etymology
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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.