'Coactive' definitions:

Definition of 'Coactive'

From: GCIDE
  • Coactive \Co*ac"tive\, a. [In sense 1, fr. 1st Coact; in sense
  • 2, fr. 2d Coact.]
  • 1. Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive. [1913 Webster]
  • Any coactive power or the civil kind. --Bp. Warburton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Acting in concurrence; united in action. [1913 Webster]
  • With what's unreal thou coactive art. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

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