单词 | coact |
释义 | † coactadj. Obsolete. Compelled, constrained, forced. a. of persons. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [adjective] > compelled (of persons) coactc1430 needyc1430 constrained1609 compulsive1611 obtruded1649 enforced1654 necessary1724 necessiated1727 compulsory1806 coerced1836 bulldozered1876 pressured1889 c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) iii. vii. 79 a They were coacte after peace to seke. 1487 in J. T. Fowler Chartularium Abbathiæ de Novo Monasterio (1875) 263 Not coact nor constrayned. b. of things: Done under compulsion, forced. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [adjective] > done, produced, or obtained by compulsion threata1400 constraintc1430 compelled1541 compulsed1541 violent?1550 extorted1552 wrested1565 coacted1570 enforced1576 forced1576 compulsory1581 commandeda1586 coactive1596 infortiate1601 extortious1602 coact1610 compulsive1611 exacted1618 necessitous1632 violented1641 necessary1655 on-forced1656 commandatorya1659 extorsive1669 compellable1677 compulsatory1748 obbligato1780 coerced1877 mandatory1891 shotgun1937 1610 G. Carleton Iurisdict. 119 The society ought not to be coact but voluntarie. 1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie (1636) i. ii. 85 For the conversion of these..seemeth to be coact. DerivativesΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [adverb] > under compulsion forcedly1548 constrainedly1549 enforcedly1579 coactly1581 compelledly1590 inforcively1604 compulsively1628 extortedly1640 compulsatively1844 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 166 b Mans will..worketh voluntaryly, not coactly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). coactv. I. Senses relating to control or restraint. a. transitive. To compel, constrain, force, coerce. Obsolete except as in 1b.Originally used only in past participle= coact adj. i. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (transitive)] needeOE straita1340 pressa1393 afforcea1400 stressa1400 coactc1400 coarctc1400 strainc1400 compulse?a1475 cohert1475 oppress1523 compel1526 forcec1540 to tie to the stake1544 urge1576 adact1615 duressa1626 coerce1659 railroad1889 to twist the tail1895 steamroll1900 steamroller1912 shanghai1919 bulldozer1945 shotguna1961 c1400 Test. Love (1560) iii. 295/1 Neyther is coacted ne constrayned. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cxl. f. lxxiii They lost the Feeld and were coactyd to flee. c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 189 Vncompellit or coactit be ony manner of persone. 1651 ‘A. B.’ tr. L. Lessius Sir Walter Rawleigh's Ghost 242 Vertue coacted and forced, is not vertue. b. To exercise control upon. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] wieldeOE redeOE temperc1000 wisc1000 yemec1000 aweldc1175 guy13.. rule1340 attemperc1374 stightlea1375 justifya1393 governa1400 moder1414 control1495 moderate1534 rein1557 manage1560 sway1587 to bear (a rein) upon1603 bridle1615 ephorize1647 puppet1840 coact1855 boss1856 run1869 swing1873 1855 F. P. Cobbe Ess. Intuitive Morals I. 95 As this supersensible world is the background and substans of the phenomenal world, whose laws..it coacts. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restrain [verb (transitive)] > hold in check bridleOE tempera1050 chastec1230 to hold inc1300 straina1340 stintc1366 attemperc1380 restraina1387 rulea1391 ward1390 coarctc1400 obtemper?a1425 to hold or keep (a person) shortc1425 compesce1430 stent1488 coactc1520 repressa1525 compress1526 control1548 snaffle1555 temperatea1568 brank1574 halter1577 curb1588 shortena1599 to bear (a rein) upon1603 check1629 coerceate1657 bit1825 throttle1862 hold1901 c1520 State Lett. in Burnet Hist. Ref. II. 90 Not limited and coacted within any such bounds. 1529 D. Lindsay Compl. Lyndesay 163 Ȝe sall to no man be coactit. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > become reduced in size or extent [verb (intransitive)] > contract or shrink shrimc1000 shrinkc1275 to draw togethera1398 gather1577 coact1578 to fall together1583 draw1615 contract1648 to run up1838 to take up1860 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > gather in one mass or form lumps > accumulate > agglomerate or conglomerate coact1578 agglomerate1645 conglomerate1796 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man iv. f. 53v [The muscles] coact, and make straite the brest strongly. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. G2v The virtue of the Earth..coacted into one Plant. II. Senses relating to concerted action. [ < co- prefix + act v.] ΚΠ 1588 W. Allen Admon. to Nobility & People 4 She enforced vniust lawes, partly made by her supposed father..and partely coacted by herself and her complices. 5. intransitive. To act together. rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > co-operation > co-operate [verb (intransitive)] conjoin1532 conspirea1538 concurc1550 co-operate1604 coadjute1612 coacta1616 to jump in quilla1616 co-operate1616 co-opere1663 to pull together1772 rally1792 to row in1861 collaborate1871 to play ball (with)1903 to play along1929 play1937 the world > action or operation > operate [verb (intransitive)] > together conspirea1538 concur1559 co-operate1604 co-work1613 co-ordinate1863 synergize1863 coacta1877 a1616 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida (1623) v. ii. 120 If I tell how these two did coact [1609 Court]. a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 700/1 A device consisting of two parts which coäct to give to the piece swaged between them the desired form. 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