coerced

verbcompel, press

Synonyms for coerced

verb compel, press

Antonyms for coerced

urged

adjective. pressed

Word Origin & History

mid-15c., cohercen, from Middle French cohercer, from Latin coercere "to control, restrain, shut up together," from com- "together" (see co-) + arcere "to enclose, confine, contain, ward off," from PIE *ark- "to hold, contain, guard" (see arcane). Related: Coerced; coercing. No record of the word between late 15c. and mid-17c.; its reappearance 1650s is perhaps a back-formation from coercion.

Example Sentences for coerced

Something in him at once coerced her friendliest confidence.

No one is coerced to labour, but in proportion as a man does labour he makes use of capital.

And this activity is spontaneous, in the sense that it is not coerced from without.

I have no doubt that the coerced perusal of them to which he had to submit did him a deal of good.

If she could be so coerced we would destroy her brain before she could act.

"A machine cannot be coerced," the robot-confessor told him.

Si, señor—and add to those some others that would not be coerced.

Sheep should be humored rather than hurried; coaxed, rather than coerced.

Driven, lured, coerced, these Aryan tribes have inundated the earth.

He is compromised, coerced, by the elements of language; but what of that?

coerced

Synonyms for coerced

Antonyms for coerced

More words related to coerced

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forced

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