coaction (koakshon)

[ erty. All outward co- action is contrary to the nature of libBp. Burnet , Thirty-nine Articles, xvii. coactive (kō-aktiv), a. [L. as if * coactivus , coact us , pp. of cogere , constrain: see coact and -ive .] Forcing; compulsory; having the power to impel or restrain. The establishing a coactive or coercive jurisdiction over the clergy and whole dioce . Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), II. 172. The clergy have no coactive power, even over heretics. Milman , Latin Christianity, xii. 7. The coactive force of this motive [Duty] is altogether in Lecky, Europ. Morals, I. 189. dependent of surrounding circumstances, and of all forms IMG:content-0680.png:[blocks in formation]