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Definition of "coact" [co•act]

  • To compel, constrain, force. (verb)
  • Forced, constrained, done under compulsion. (adjective)
  • To work together. (verb)

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Use "coact" in a sentence
  • "Cousin german to idleness, and a concomitant cause, which goes hand in hand with it, is [1558] nimia solitudo, too much solitariness, by the testimony of all physicians, cause and symptom both; but as it is here put for a cause, it is either coact, enforced, or else voluntary."
  • "Solitariness cause of melancholy; coact, voluntary, how good; sign of melancholy"
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