coerce 
The king felt more painfully than ever the want of that 
tremendous online which had once ,;>,> <,; I relf actory ec- 
clesiastics. M>h->i<i!,i,i. Mist. Kng., vi. 
2. To deprive of by force ; restrain of. [Rare. ] 
Therefore the debtor is ordered . . . t.i ! < >:;,; Miis III. 
erty until he makes payment. llm-i;-. Speech at llristol. 
3. To enforce ; compel by forcible action : as, 
to coerce obedience. 
COercer (ko-er'.ser), H. One who coerces. 
coercible (W-er'si-bl), . [= F. coercible. = Ps. 
ciM'rrircl = It. MWOiMM,' us rorw 4- -ihlr.~\ I. 
Capable of being coerced; too weak to resist 
effectively. 2. Capable of being condensed. 
especially of being reduced by condensation to 
the liquid state: applied to gns. -.. 
Com'.''./.' 'jascs. which can be made lluid by simply 1 
Ing them olf, are called vapours. 
Thawting, Beer (trans.), p. w. 
COercibleneSS (ko-er'si-bl-nes), ii. The sluti- 
or quality of being coercible. 
Coercion (ko-er'shon), . [Formerly also c. r- 
Mo, = F. 'coertiu'ii, rwrcion (now nirri-ition = 
It. rorrrr.iinie) = Sp. coercion = \'g. cot'i'ci'iti, 
< L. coercio(n-), coertio(n-), corrctio(n-), contr. 
forms of reg. coercitio(n-), a restraining, coer- 
cing, < coercere, pp. coercitus, restrain, coerce : 
see coerce,] 1 . Compulsion ; forcible con- 
straint ; the act of controlling by force or arms. 
It is by coercion, it is by the sword, and not by free slip 
illation with the governed, that England rules India. 
Miii'ii" /././, Gladstone in church and .State. 
On looking back into our own history, and into the his- 
tories of neiyhhoiiriiiK nations, we similarly see that only 
by coercion were the smaller feudal governments so sub- 
ordinated as to secure internal peace. 
11. Siienrer. Study of Sociol., p. 196. 
2. Power of restraint or compulsion. 
Government has coercion and animadversion upon such 
as neglect their duty. South. 
Coercion acts, a name popularly given to various British 
statutes for the enforcement of law and order in Ireland, 
authorizing arrest and imprisonment without bail in cases 
of treason and crimes of intimidation, the suspension of 
habeas corpus, search for arms, etc. The most noted acts 
were those of 1881 and 1887. = Syn. Compulsion, Constraint, 
etc. See force. 
coercitive (ko-er'si-tiv), a. and n. [= F. coer- 
citif = Sp. It. coereitivo, < L. as if "coercitivus, < 
coercitus, pp. of coercere, coerce : see coerce.] I. 
a. Having power to coerce ; coercive. 
St. Paul's first epistle to Timothy, establishing in the per- 
son of Timothy power of coercitive jurisdiction over pres- 
byters. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), II. 178. 
Coercitive force. See coercive force, under coerciet. 
II. n. That which coerces ; a coercive. 
The actions of retirements and of the night are left in- 
different to virtue or to vice ; and of these, as man can 
take no cognizance, so he can make no coercitioe. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 612. 
coercive (ko-er'siv), a. and . [< coerce + -ive; 
as if contr. of coercitive, q. v. Cf. Pg. coercivo.] 
I. . Having power to coerce, as by law, au- 
thority, or force ; restraining ; constraining. 
Without coercive power all government is hut toothless 
and precarious. South. 
It is notorious that propositions may be perfectly clear, 
and even coercive, yet prove on inspection to he illusory. 
G. U. Lewes, Probs. of Life and Mind, I. 300. 
Coercive force, coercitive force, that power or force 
which renders the impartation of magnetism to steel or 
iron slower or more difficult, and at the same time retards 
the return of a bar once magnetized to its natural state 
when active magnetization has ceased. This force depends 
on the molecular constitution of the metal. 
II. . That which coerces ; that which con- 
strains or restrains. 
His tribunal takes cognizance of all causes, and hath a 
coercive for all. Jer. Taylor, Sermons, ii. (Ord MS.). 
coerciyely (ko-er'siv-li), adv. By constraint or 
coercion. Burke. 
We must not expect to find in a rule coerci'vely estab- 
lished by an invader the same traits as in a rule that has 
grown up from within. H. Spencer, Prln. of Sociol., 469. 
coerciveness (ko-er'siv-nes), n. The quality of 
being coercive or constraining. 
Fears of the political and social penalties (to which, I 
think, the religious must be added) have generated . . . 
[the] sense of coerciveness. 
H. Spencer, Data of Ethics, p. 127. 
Coereba (se're-ba), n. [NL.; sometimes improp. 
Caireba ; < IJraz. guira-coereba, name of some 
guitguit (Marcgrave,Willughby, Ray, etc.). The 
bird to which the word Ccereba was first attached 
as a book-name was Certnia cyanea (Linnteus), 
now Ccereba cyanea. First made a generic name 
by Vieillot in 1807. ] The typical genus of birds 
of the family Cosrebi<1a>, containing a number of 
species found in the warmer parts of continen- 
tal America, as C. cyanea, C. carulea, etc. See 
cut under Ceerebiim: 
Coerebidae (se-reb'i-de), n. ]>l. [NL., < Ccereba 
+ -idoe.] A family of oscine passerine birds 
related to the warblers and creepers, confined 
to the tropical and subtropical portions of 
America; the guitguits. Mower-peckers, hoiie\ - 
suckers, or ho&Ajr-OKMMn of America. Thc\ 
ha\e an acute and us'irally slender, curved bill, ai 
sUton insects, fruits, and the sweets..) tl.iwets. Thev are 
of small size, and for the most part "I elegant varied 
The leading ^.-n- ra are ''.,,/,, />.;.-, ,;.*, li,.;!<: ../ Coni 
."-'....... and I .,)/,,,,/. |],,. family is nftvli called /)... 
nidida. Them' brilliant little birds were formerly group 
ed with the old-world family known as t/ectariniida and 
r, ,/.. wjtb which they have little altinitv. Also, j,,,- 
l.n.pelly. ! ' ' 
coextend 
coeternity (kf>-e-t,'>r'iii-ti), . [= F. i 
= Sji. mt/trint/ii<l,< Nil. 'f"iil< i inl'i(t-)*, < LL. 
i-iHfti-niu* : see rut l< m :m.| -////. Otherwise, in 
K., <<-> + < limit;/.] Coexistence fnuii etei- 
nity with another eternnl l 
-. ,,,',1,1 
. . with the Kuther. ll",,< n <<>n<l. Fundamentals. 
3oerebinae (ser-e-bi'ne), ii. /it. [NL., < Ciin-ii,! 
+ -inn'.] A siibfnmilyof tropical itnil subtrnpi- 
ciil American liinl*, of the family I'irri liiil<i'.\ ypi- 
K.Caai. 
COeur fker), n. [F., < OF. i-iit-r. <-'r, <;,r (> K. 
i-nn- 1 ), < L. nir (fin-(l-) = K. 
liturt: run! luiirt.} In 
/" i : .the' heart of the shield, ot In r 
wise called the rriiti r in 
-,-*, jioillt. Lines and bcnt-int's are si, ken 
ned by the genus Caercba ; the guitguits proper. "' " bcim,- ... // when they pan 
through or are Imrni' n]K.n ih- 
of the shield. 
coeval iko-o'val). n. and n. [< 
LL. com tut, of the xamu age (see 
I-IM </), + -al.] I. n. 1. Of the same age; 
having lived for an eipi.-il perjoil. 
Like a yonm; Hock 
Coeval, newly ilium. Prior, Solomon, ii. 
2. Kxist ing from the same point of time: coin- 
cident induration: followed by irilli, sometimes 
by to. 
Corral with man 
Hlir empire began. 
ftiih. Captivity, ill. 
The Nymphs expire by like degrees, 
And live and die ftMrtal in'lh their Trees. 
... Hymn to Venus. 
3. Coincident in time; contemporary; syn- 
chronous: followed by with. 
A transcript of an original manuscript coeml with the 
time of the "i 'id. I'meett, Ferd. and Isa., Int. 
= 8yn. Coeval, Contemporaneous. Coeval is more com- 
monly applied to things, contemporaneous to ]>ersons ; but 
the distinction Is not a rigid one. 
And yet some kind of intercourse of neighboring states 
is so natural, that it must have lieen coecal with their 
foundation, and with the origin of law. 
Woolsey, Intrud. to Inter. Law., f 59. 
The unfossiliferous rocks in question (Cambrian] were 
not only contemporaneous in the geological sense, but syn- 
chronous in the chronological sense. 
Huxley, Lay Sermons, p. 898. 
A foreign nation is a kind of ronteinjmaneoujtTtosterity 
11. B. Wallace, Kccoll. of Man of the World, II. 89. 
II. u One of the same age or period ; a con- 
temporary in age or active existence, 
o my coeealu ! remnants of yourselves, 
Poor human ruins tottering o'er the grave. 
Young, Night Thoughts, iv. 109. 
He is forlorn among his coeval*; his juniors cannot be 
his friends. Lamb, Old and New Schoolmaster. 
All great authors seem the coeval* not only of each other, 
hut of whoever reads them. 
Blue Guitguit (Ctrrefra cyatua). 
Caereba cyanea of Cayenne and Guiana is a brilliant bird 
of the size of a sparrow, Its plumage Iwing deeply and gor- 
geously dyed with azure, verditer, and velvet-black, ar- 
ranged in a bold and striking manner. Its nest is neatly 
woven and pensile on the extremity of a slender twig. 
Also, improperly, Ccerebinae. 
coerebine (ser'e-bin), a. [< Coereba + -inel.] 
Pertaining to or having the characters of the 
Ceerebidce. 
COerectant (ko-e-rek'tant), a. [< co-1 + erect 
+ -anil.] In her., set'up together, or erected 
side by side : said of any bearings. 
coerected (ko-e-rek'ted), a. [< co- 1 + erect + 
-fd 2 .] Same as coerectant. 
ccerulein, . See ccrulein. 
ccerulescent, a. See certtlescent. 
coessential (ko-e-sen'shal), a. [< co-1 + essen- 
tial; = Sp. coesencial = Pg. coessencial.] Hav- 
ing the same essence. 
We bless and magnify that coensential Spirit, eternally 
proceeding from both [the father and Son]. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity. 
coessentiality (ko-e-sen-shi-al'i-ti), n. [< co- 
essential + -ity.~\ The quality of being coessen- 
tial, or of the same essence. 
It implies coessentiality with God, . . . and consequently 
divinity in its full extent. Bp. Burgess, Sermons (1790). 
coessentially (ko-e-sen'shal-i), adv. In a co- 
essentinl manner, 
coestablisbment (ko-es-tab'lish-ment), . [< 
co-1 + establishment.] Joint establishment. 
A coestablishment of the teachers of different sects of 
Christians. Bp. Watson, Charge, 1791. 
coetanean (ko-e-ta'ne-an), . [< LL. cooetaneus, 
of the same age (see 'coetqneous), + -an.'] One 
of the same age with another. Aubrey. [Rare.] 
coetaneous (ko-e-ta'ne-us), a. [= Sp. coetdneo 
= Pg. It. eoctanen, < LL. coa:ta,neug, of the same 
age, < L. co-, together, + cetas, age: see age.] 
Of the same ago with another ; beginning to 
exist at the same time; coeval. Also spelled 
cocetaneous. [Rare.] 
Every fault hath penal effects coetaneous to the act. 
Government of the Tonyue, f 5. 
So mayest thou be coetaneous unto thy elders, and a 
father unto thy contemporaries. 
Sir T. Browne, Christ. Mor., Hi. 8. 
coetaneously (ko-e-ta'ne-us-li), adv. In a co- 
etaneous manner. Also spelled coaitaneously. 
COetemt (ko-e-tern'), a. [< ME. coeterne = 
Sp. Pg. It. coeterno, < LL. coa;ternus, < L. co-, 
together, -f czternus, eternal : see co- 1 and etern, 
eternal.] Same as coeternal. 
coeternal (ko-e-ter'nal), a. [As coetern + -al; 
or < co- 1 + eternal. Cf. F. coeternel.] Existing 
with another from eternity. 
The Son . . . through coeternal generation receiveth 
of the Father that power which the Father hath of him- 
self. Hooter, Eccles. Polity, viii. 4. 
Hail, holy Light ! offspring of heaven first-born, 
Or of the Eternal co-eternal beam. 
JlffKon, P. L., 111. 2. 
coeternally (ko-e-tfer'nal-i), adv. With coeter- 
nity, or joint eternity. " Booker. 
Ltnirll, Among my Books, 1st ser., p. 177. 
coevoust (ko-e'vus), a. [= Sp. It. coevo, < LL. 
cooevus, of the same age, < L. co-, together, + 
anrum. age: see co- 1 , ayi, and age.] Same as 
Supposing some other things coermis to It. 
South, Sermons. 
coexecutor (ko-eg-zek'u-tor), n. [< ML. coex- 
ecutor, < L. co-, together, "+ ML. executor, ex- 
ecutor.] A joint executor. 
coexecutrix (ko-eg-zek'u-triks), n.; pi. cocx- 
ecutrices (-zek-u-tri'sez). [< co- 1 + executrix.] 
A joint executrix. 
coexist (ko-eg-zisf), v. i. [= F. coexigter = Sp. 
Pg. coexistir = It. coesistcre; as co- 1 + exist.] 
To exist at the same time with another, or with 
one another. 
In the human breast 
Two master passions cannot coexist. Camjibell. 
It was a singular anomaly of likeness coexisting with 
perfect dissimilitude. 
Ilairthornr. Blithedale Romance, vii. 
coexistence (ko-eg-zis'tens), n. [= F. eoc.n>- 
tence = Sp. Pg. coexistenfia ; as co- 1 + existence.] 
Existence at the same time ; contemporary ex- 
istence. 
Without the help, or so much as the coexistence, of any 
condition. Jer. Taylor, Liberty of Prophesying, 18. 
coexistency (ko-eg-zis'ten-gi), . Coexistence. 
Sir T. Brotrne. 
coexistent (ko-eg-zis'tent), . and n. [= F. co- 
existaitt = Sp. Pg. coexistente = It. coesiatente ; 
as co- 1 + existent: see coexist.] I. a. Existing 
at the same time ; coincident in duration. 
The law of coexistent vibrations. H'heicell. 
II. a. A thing existing at the same time or 
in immediate connection with another. 
He seems to have thought that . . . every property of 
an object has an invariable coexistent, which he called its 
form. J. 3. Mill, Logic, HI. xxti. $ 4. 
coexpand (ko-eks-pand'). o. i. [< co- 1 + ex- 
jMittd.] To expand together equally; expand 
over the same space or to the same extent. 
coextend (ko-eks-tend'), r. [= Sp. coextender; 
as co- 1 + extend.] I. trans. To extend equally ; 
