coactive Meaning, Definition & Usage

Co*ac"tive adjective

Etymology

In sense 1, fr. 1st Coact; in sense 2, fr. 2d Coact.

Definitions

1. Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive.

   Any coactive power or the civil kind. Bp. Warburton.

2. Acting in concurrence; united in action.

   With what's unreal thou coactive art. Shak.