coerce

See also: coërce

English

Etymology

From Latin coercere (“to surround, encompass, restrain, control, curb”), from co- (“together”) + arcere (“to inclose, confine, keep off”); see arcade, arcane, ark.

Pronunciation

Verb

coerce (third-person singular simple present coerces, present participle coercing, simple past and past participle coerced)

  1. (transitive) To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.
  2. (transitive) To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against his will.
  3. (transitive, computing) To force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type.

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Further reading
  • coerce in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • coerce in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Latin

Verb

coercē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of coerceō
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