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COERCE
coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force
(verb) to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means; “She forced him to take a job in the city”; “He squeezed her for information”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
coerce (third-person singular simple present coerces, present participle coercing, simple past and past participle coerced)
(transitive) To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.
(transitive) To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will.
(transitive, computing) To force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type.
Synonyms
• compel
• bully
• dragoon
Source: Wiktionary
Co*erce", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coerced; p. pr. & vb. n. Coercing.] Etym: [L. coërcere; co- + arcere to shut up, to press together. See Ark.]
1. To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb. Burke. Punishments are manifold, that they may coerce this profligate sort. Ayliffe.
2. To compel or constrain to any action; as, to coerce a man to vote for a certain candidate.
3. To compel or enforce; as, to coerce obedience.
Syn.
– To Coerce, Compel. To compel denotes to urge on by force which cannot be resisted. The term aplies equally to physical and moral force; as, compelled by hunger; compelled adverse circumstances; compelled by parental affection. Coerce had at first only the negative sense of checking or restraining by force; as, to coerce a bad man by punishments or a prisoner with fetters. It has now gained a positive sense., viz., that of driving a person into the performance of some act which is required of him by another; as, to coerce a man to sign a contract; to coerce obedience. In this sense (which is now the prevailing one), coerce differs but little from compel, and yet there is a distinction between them. Coercion is usually acomplished by indirect means, as threats and intimidation, physical force being more rarely employed in coercing.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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