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coacts

coacts is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

See all 3 meanings of coact

Questions about coacts

What is coacts the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Coacts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of coact.

Words near coacts in the dictionary

  1. coactivities
  2. coactivity
  3. coactor
  4. coactors
  5. coactosin
  6. coacts
  7. coactualization
  8. Coad
  9. coadapt
  10. coadaptation
  11. coadaptational

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