coactive

¹

[koh-ak-tiv]

adjective

1. compulsory; coercive.

coactive

²

[koh-ak-tiv]

adjective

1. acting together.

Other Word Forms

• coactively adverb
• coactivity noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of coactive¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; coact(ion) ¹ + -ive

Origin of coactive²

First recorded in 1590–1600; co- + active

Example Sentences

Yossarian shook his head and explained that deja vu was just a momentary infinitesimal lag in the operation of two coactive sensory nerve centers that commonly functioned simultaneously.

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With what’s unreal: thou coactive art, And fellow’st nothing.

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And many creatures are coactive partners in their dance with destiny.

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For if the Apostles needed not to be joined with him, he had no title to be called the Foundation; and if he had no coactive power over the Apostles, he did not share the property by which Christ is the Rock and Foundation.

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They have distinct natures: the civil is a magisterial, the ecclesiastic is a ministerial government; the one is the power of the sword, the other of the keys; the one put forth in political punishments, the other in ecclesiastic censures: In the old testament, the magistrate's power was coactive, by death, banishment, confiscation, &c.

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Related Words

• collegial 
• concerted 
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• harmonious 
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• symbiotic 
• united