Coerce

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 22

kō-ėrs′, v.t. to restrain by force: to compel.— adj. Coer′cible .— adv. Coer′cibly .— ns. Coer′cion , restraint: government by force; Coer′cionist .— adj. Coer′cive , having power to coerce: compelling.— adv. Coer′cively .— n. Coer′civene . [L. coercēre — co- , together, arcēre , to shut in.]