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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COACTIVE

a. 1. Forcing; compulsory; having the power to impel or restrain.
2. Acting in concurrence.

 

COACTIVELY

adv. In a compulsory manner.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COACTIVE

Co *ac "tive, a. Etym: [In sense 1, fr. 1st Coact; in sense 2, fr. 2d Coact. ]

 

1. Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive. Any coactive power or the civil kind. Bp. Warburton.

 

2. Acting in concurrence; united in action. With what's unreal thou coactive art. Shak.

 

COACTIVELY

COACTIVELY Co *ac "tive *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a coactive manner.