Coact

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /kəʊˈakt/

From the participle stem of Latin coagere.

Full definition of coact

Verb

1. (obsolete) To compel, constrain, force.
• FoxeThe faith and service of Christ ought to be voluntary and not coacted.

Adjective

1. (obsolete) Forced, constrained, done under compulsion.
• 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, vol. I, New York 2001, p. 244:too much solitariness ... is either coact, enforced, or else voluntary.

From - + act.

Verb

1. (rare) To work together.

Synonyms

• to cooperate