coactive

coactive

English

Etymology 1

See Latin coactum.

Adjective

coactive (comparative more coactive, superlative most coactive)

1. (obsolete) Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive.
   • Bishop Warburton

     any coactive power or the civil kind

Translations

compulsory

Italian: coattivo (it)

Etymology 2

co- +‎ active

Adjective

coactive (comparative more coactive, superlative most coactive)

1. Acting in concurrence; united in action.
   • Shakespeare

     With what's unreal thou coactive art.