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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)

to do or act together.

[Origin: 1375–1425 for earlier adj. senses “compelled or forced (to do something)”; 1600–10 for current (intrans.) sense; late ME; see co-, act

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—Related forms

co·ac·tor, noun

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coact
verb
act together, as of organisms

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Coact

Co*act"\, v. t. [L. coactare, intens. fr. cogere, coactum, to force. See Cogent.] To force; to compel; to drive. [Obs.]

The faith and service of Christ ought to be voluntary and not coacted. --Foxe.

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Co*act"\, v. i. [Pref. co- + act, v. i.] To act together; to work in concert; to unite. [Obs.]

But if I tell you how these two did coact. --Shak.

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Co*ac"tive\, a. [In sense 1, fr. 1st Coact; in sense 2, fr. 2d Coact.]

1. Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive.

Any coactive power or the civil kind. --Bp. Warburton.

2. Acting in concurrence; united in action.

With what's unreal thou coactive art. --Shak.

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Co*ac"tive\, a. [In sense 1, fr. 1st Coact; in sense 2, fr. 2d Coact.]

1. Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive.

Any coactive power or the civil kind. --Bp. Warburton.

2. Acting in concurrence; united in action.

With what's unreal thou coactive art. --Shak.

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Co"gent\ (k[=o]"j[e^]nt), a. [L. cogens, p. pr. of cogere to drive together, to force; co- + agere to drive. See Agent, a., and cf. Coact to force, Coagulate, p. a.]

1. Compelling, in a physical sense; powerful. [Obs.]

The cogent force of nature. --Prior.

2. Having the power to compel conviction or move the will; constraining; conclusive; forcible; powerful; not easily reasisted.

No better nor more cogent reason. --Dr. H. More.

Proofs of the most cogent description. --Tyndall.

The tongue whose strains were cogent as commands, Revered at home, and felt in foreign lands. --Cowper.

Syn: Forcible; powerful; potent; urgent; strong; persuasive; convincing; conclusive; influential.

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In`co*act"\, Incoacted \In`co*act"ed\, a. [L. incoactus; pref. in- not + coactus forced. See Coact.] Not compelled; unconstrained. [Obs.] --Coles.

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