coact
American
[koh-akt]
/ koʊˈækt /
verb (used with or without object)
Other Word Forms
- coactor noun
Etymology
Origin of coact
1375–1425 for earlier adj. senses “compelled or forced (to do something)”; 1600–10 for current (intransitive) sense; late Middle English; co-, act
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