coer ce

t. [Lat. coerceo, from co= con, and arceo =to restrain, to shut up.] 1. To restrain or constrain; to keep down under penal restraint. "Punishments are manifold, that they may coerce this profligate sort."- Ayliffe : Parergon. *2. To restrain or keep under restraint physically. "A prisoner of war is on no account to be coerced with fetters." Gen. Win field Scott. 3. To compel, force, or constrain to any action. *4. To enforce by compulsion. Crabb thus distinguishes between to coerce and to restrain: " Coercion is a species of restraint; we always restrain or intend to restrain when we co erce ; but we do not always coerce when we restrain ; coercion always comprehends the idea of force; re streinonhacts by direct application; it opposes force to resistance; restraint acts indirectly to the their actions more or le : it coerces those who prevention of an act; the law restrains all men in attempt to violate it. of simply keeping under or back. IMG:content-0081.png:[ocr errors] coestablishment †cō-erç'-I-tive, a . & s . [Formed as if from a Lat. coercitivus , from coerceo =to coerce, to restrain.] A. As adj .: Constraining, coercing, coercive. " coercitive power in laws lor: Ductor Dubitantium. (Latham.) B. As subst.: Coercion, constraint. ."-Jeremy Tay "Of these, as man can take no cognizance, so he can make no coercitive." -Jeremy Taylor: Sermons, i. ( Latham .) coercitive force, s . Magnet.: [COERCIVE FORCE.]