coactive

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coactive - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Coactive \Co*ac"tive\, a. [In sense 1, fr. 1st Coact; in sense
     2, fr. 2d Coact.]
     1. Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive.
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              Any coactive power or the civil kind. --Bp.
                                                    Warburton.
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     2. Acting in concurrence; united in action.
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              With what's unreal thou coactive art. --Shak.
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