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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[In sense 1, fr. 1st

; in sense 2, fr. 2d

Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive.

Any

coactive

power or the civil kind.

Bp. Warburton.

Acting in concurrence; united in action.

With what’s unreal thou

coactive

art.

Shakespeare

, a.

Forcing; compulsory; having the power to impel or restrain.

Acting in concurrence.

coactive ‎(comparative more coactive, superlative most coactive)

(obsolete) Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive.
- Bishop Warburton
  Any coactive power or the civil kind.
Acting in concurrence; united in action.
- Shakespeare
  With what's unreal thou coactive art.

compulsory