v. t. [ L. coactare, intens. fr. cogere, coactum, to force. See Cogent. ] To force; to compel; to drive. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The faith and service of Christ ought to be voluntary and not coacted. Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ Pref. co- + act, v. i. ] To act together; to work in concert; to unite. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
But if I tell you how these two did coact. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. coactio. ] Force; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling. Sojth. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ In sense 1, fr. 1st Coact; in sense 2, fr. 2d Coact. ]
Any coactive power or the civil kind. Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]
With what's unreal thou coactive art. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a coactive manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Unity of action. [ 1913 Webster ]