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coercible, a.|kəʊˈɜːsɪb(ə)l|
[f. as prec. + -ible.]
1. That can be coerced.
1656Blount Glossogr., Coercible, which may be bridled or restrained. 1721in Bailey. 1755in Johnson. 1833Fraser's Mag. VIII. 171 The tradesman..is a coercible member of the community.
2. Of gases: Compressible; sometimes, in recent use, condensible.
1777De Magellan Glass Appar. Min. Waters 46 The other elastic but likewise coercible fluid which we call dephlogisticated air [nitrogen]. |