Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Forcing; compulsory; having the power to impel or restrain.
- Acting in concurrence.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive.
- adjective Acting in concurrence; united in action.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete Serving to
compel orconstrain ;compulsory ;restrictive . - adjective Acting in
concurrence ; united in action.
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Examples
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Church in the name of the sovereign and under his authority, possess any coactive strength, executive power, or terrestrial authority, it is evident that these ministers can inflict only spiritual punishments.
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A compulsive, coactive, punitive, or corrective power, formally political, is also granted to the political magistrate in matters of religion, in reference to all sorts of persons and things under his jurisdiction.
The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London
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This jurisdiction, the actual power of ruling is legislative, judicial, or coactive.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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The two are not coactive, but the Evil is, so to speak, the only activity invading the passive sphere or abyss of
Christian Doctrine of Sin 1823-1886 1876
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In the growth of the embryo, Sir Everard Home I think noticed that the evolution was not from one central point, but coactive from three or more points.
Essays — Second Series Ralph Waldo Emerson 1842
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"Physical necessity," again, exists wherever there is either a causal connection between antecedents and consequents in the material world, or even a coactive and compulsory constraint in the moral world.
Modern Atheism under its forms of Pantheism, Materialism, Secularism, Development, and Natural Laws James Buchanan 1837
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Then will be felt, and too late will be acknowledged, the ruin which follows the disjoining of religion from the state, the separation of morality from policy, and the giving conscience no concern and no coactive or coercive force in the most material of all the social ties, the principle of our obligations to government.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763
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For controllability in tight corners and when executing U-turns, K-ACT's coactive function does not engage when braking is initiated at speeds below 12mph
Top Speed Maxx Biker 2010
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For controllability in tight corners and when executing U-turns, K-ACT's coactive function does not engage when braking is initiated at speeds below 12mph
Top Speed Maxx Biker 2010
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For controllability in tight corners and when executing U-turns, K-ACT's coactive function does not engage when braking is initiated at speeds below 12mph
Top Speed Maxx Biker 2010
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