Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coact

/kəʊˈakt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: coact
IPA: /kəʊˈakt/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To compel, constrain, force.

Obsolete

adj

Forced, constrained, done under compulsion.

Obsolete

verb

To work together.

Example Sentences

"The faith and service of Christ ought to be voluntary and not coacted."
"too much solitariness […] is either coact, enforced, or else voluntary."

Etymology

From the participle stem of Latin cōgō.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: cōgō

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /kəʊˈakt/

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

coacts (present, singular) coacting (participle, present) coacted (participle, past) coacted (past) more coact (comparative) most coact (superlative) co-act (alternative)

Synonyms

cooperate

Questions

How do you pronounce coact?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəʊˈakt/.
What does coact mean?: To compel, constrain, force.
Where does coact come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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