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Definition of Coactive
1. a. Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive.
Definition of Coactive
1. Adjective. (obsolete) compulsory ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Coactive
1. mutually active [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coactive
Literary usage of Coactive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Discourses Upon the Existence and Attributes of God by Stephen Charnock, William Symington (1874)
"... a necessity of infallibility, because God cannot be deceived, but not a coactive
necessity, as if they were compelled by God to act thus or thus. ..."
2. Collections by Minisink Valley Historical Society, Connecticut Historical Society (1852)
"His answer and defence is : — " The greatest part of their jurisdiction being
external, and coactive or forcing, is from the king derived unto those that do ..."
3. The Works of John Locke, in Nine Volumes by John Locke (1824)
"the coactive power should take upon them to in- " flict penalties for that purpose:
because, as that is " not consistent with order and government, ..."
4. The Works of the Most Reverend Father in God, John Bramhall, D.D., Sometime by John Bramhall (1842)
"Or how should he pretend to any coactive power in England, without the king's
grant or leave, where the power of the militia and all coactive force is ..."
5. The Works of the Right Reverend William Warburton, D.D., Lord Bishop of by William Warburton, Richard Hurd (1811)
"And this is no other than the tribunal of religion. When this is done, a coactive
power of the civil kind may have a good effect; but not till then. ..."
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