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coercitive, a.|kəʊˈɜːsɪtɪv|
[as if ad. L. *coercitīv-us, f. coercit- ppl. stem of coercēre to coerce. Cf. F. coercitif.]
A. adj.
1. = coercive 1. ? Obs.
1632C. Downing State Eccl. Kingd. (1634) 41 That jurisdiction whereby hee doth exercise..his corrective, coercitive, coactive power. 1642Jer. Taylor Episc. (1647) 39 If he had not had coercitive jurisdiction to have punish't his delinquency. 1660― Duct. Dubit. iii. ii. §1 Without a coercitive power there can be no government.
2. coercitive force: see coercive 4.
1864in Webster. 1870R. Ferguson Electr. 7 Steel..has a force which, in the first instance, resists the assumption of magnetism; and, when assumed, resists its withdrawal. This is called the coercitive force. 1879G. B. Prescott Sp. Telephone 122 The transmission of the discontinuous current produces sound..in different degrees for each, depending on the coercitive force that opposes the phenomenon.
†B. quasi-n. = coercive B. Obs. rare.
1651Jer. Taylor Serm. i. (1850) 7 Of these as man can take no cognizance, so he can make no coercitive. |