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coacting

coacting is the present participle and gerund of coact.

Meaning of coact

Verb (1)

coact (third-person singular simple present coacts, present participle coacting, simple past and past participle coacted)

  1. (obsolete) To compel, constrain, force.
    • The faith and service of Christ ought to be voluntary and not coacted.1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC

Verb (2)

coact (third-person singular simple present coacts, present participle coacting, simple past and past participle coacted)

  1. (rare) To work together.
    Synonyms:
    cooperate

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Questions about coacting

What is coacting the present participle and gerund of?
Coacting is the present participle and gerund of coact.

Words near coacting in the dictionary

  1. coachyards
  2. coact
  3. coacted
  4. coactee
  5. coactees
  6. coacting
  7. coaction
  8. coactions
  9. coactivate
  10. coactivated
  11. coactivates

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