coact
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coact¹
- /kəʊˈakt/ UK
Where it comes from
From the participle stem of Latin cōgō.
verb coacts · coacting · coacted
- To compel, constrain, force. The faith and service of Christ ought to be voluntary and not coacted.
adjective more coact · most coact
- Forced, constrained, done under compulsion. too much solitariness […] is either coact, enforced, or else voluntary.
coact²
- /kəʊˈakt/ UK
Where it comes from
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.
verb coacts · coacting · coacted · co-act
- To work together.
