单词 | coercive |
释义 | coerciveadj.n. A. adj. 1. Of the nature of coercion; having the attribute of coercing. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [adjective] strainable1483 compellatory?a1562 coactive1593 inforcive1596 enforcive1598 coercivea1600 constraining1602 constraintive1602 pulsive1602 compulsive1604 compulsatory1610 compellinga1616 compulsativea1616 compulsory1631 coercitive1632 coactinga1641 enforcinga1657 coercent1660 imposing1665 cogent1672 compellent1847 high-pressured1868 coercionary1884 steamroller1896 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > magnetism > [adjective] > relating to former ideas magnetical1626 coercive1836 photomagnetic1858 a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie vii. iii, in Wks. (1662) 6 Power..coercive over other Ministers. 1647 T. May Hist. Parl. iii. i. 5 The King..had taken a more harsh and coercive way. 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey III. xi. 360 Twelve moons the foe the captive youth detains In painful dungeons, and coercive chains. 1836 D. W. Harvey in Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 32 22 If..it was necessary to resort to coercive legislation, in order to make men religious? 1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. 92 A coercive police..who would have held down the people while they learnt their lesson by starvation. 1880 W. E. Forster Let. Gladstone 25 Oct. Should we accompany our coercive measure by any counter-bill? 1881 Mrs. P. O'Donoghue Ladies on Horseback ii. iv. 59 [A rider] adopting coercive measures for his own safety. 2. Compelling assent or belief, convincing. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > act of convincing, conviction > [adjective] forcible1573 convincent1613 proofful1631 convictive1634 convincible1647 coercive1650 convincivea1657 evident1709 convincing1749 psychagogical1822 psychagogic1846 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iii. 369 I see no coercive argument, to enforce his beliefe to the contrary, can be taken out of Scripture. 1728 Pope's Dunc. i. 104 (note) His reasons for this Fury..are so strong and so coercive. 1755 B. Martin Mag. Arts & Sci. 27 The next Phænomenon..is equally coercive, if Men would reflect or attend to it at all. 3. Having the power of physical pressure or compression. Cf. coercion n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > [adjective] squizing1565 coercive1650 retortive1651 enforcinga1657 squeezinga1687 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 21 Free from the coercive power of head-bands and other artificial violence. 1679 J. Newburgh in J. Evelyn Pomona in Sylva (ed. 3) 392 It may seem incredible that so thin a skin should be more coercive to a mutinous Liquor, than a Barrel. 1712 R. Blackmore Creation i. 15 All things on the Surface spread, are bound By their Coercive Vigour to the ground! 4. coercive force n. the hypothetical force in a magnetic substance which resists the separation of the two magnetic ‘fluids’, and which resists their reunion when they have been separated. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > magnetism > [noun] > phenomena of attraction > hypothetical force coercive force1827 coercitive force1864 1827 J. Cumming Man. Electro Dynamics iv. 168 That resistance to a change in the direction of the particles, which, in the common theory of magnetism, is termed its coercive force. 1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 288/1 A nonconducting energy, called the coercive power, exists in magnetic substances, by which the loss of magnetism when developed is prevented..This is not the case with soft iron, which has not the coercive force. 1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (ed. 6) I. xv. 407 Philosophers have been obliged to infer the existence of a special force..They call it coercive force. 1962 D. R. Corson & P. Lorrain Introd. Electromagn. Fields vii. 282 The magnitude of the magnetic field intensity H at this point is known as the coercive force. B. n. A coercive means or measure. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [noun] > agency or means of compulsorya1513 screw1618 wrench1622 compulsive1638 coercitive1651 coercive1651 enforcive1686 persuader1788 steamroller1896 1651 Bp. J. Taylor Serm. (1678) 12 His tribunal takes cognisance of all causes, and hath a coercive for all. 1706 D. Defoe Jure Divino Pref. p. xx They..would push upon Coercives..and make equal Restraints upon their Fellow Christians. 1822 ‘P. Beauchamp’ Anal. Infl. Nat. Relig. i. 18 No known apprehension will act as a sufficient coercive upon his mind. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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