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)
- (obsolete) To compel, constrain, force.
- Foxe
- The faith and service of Christ ought to be voluntary and not coacted.
- Foxe
Adjective
coact (comparative more coact, superlative most coact)
- (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.
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Etymology 2
From co- + act.
Verb
coact (third-person singular simple present coacts, present participle coacting, simple past and past participle coacted)
- (rare) To work together.
Synonyms
- to cooperate
References
- "coact" in the Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2007.