coact

coact

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəʊˈakt/

Etymology 1

From the participle stem of Latin coagere.

Verb

coact (third-person singular simple present coacts, present participle coacting, simple past and past participle coacted)

1. (obsolete) To compel, constrain, force.
   • Foxe

     The faith and service of Christ ought to be voluntary and not coacted.

Adjective

coact (comparative more coact, superlative most coact)

1. (obsolete) Forced, constrained, done under compulsion.
   • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, (please specify |partition=1, 2, or 3):

     , vol.I, New York, 2001, p.244:

     too much solitariness […] is either coact, enforced, or else voluntary.

Etymology 2

From co- +‎ act.

Verb

coact (third-person singular simple present coacts, present participle coacting, simple past and past participle coacted)

1. (rare) To work together.

Synonyms

• to cooperate

References

• "coact" in the Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2007.