coact
adjEtymology From the participle stem of Latin cōgō.
1
Obsolete Forced, constrained, done under compulsion.
- too much solitariness […] is either coact, enforced, or else voluntary., vol.I, New York, 2001, p.244
coact
verbUK /kəʊˈakt/
Etymology From the participle stem of Latin cōgō.
1
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: