coercible, a.
(kəʊˈɜːsɪb(ə)l)
[f. as prec. + -ible.]
1. That can be coerced.
| 1656 Blount Glossogr., Coercible, which may be bridled or restrained. 1721 in Bailey. 1755 in Johnson. 1833 Fraser's Mag. VIII. 171 The tradesman..is a coercible member of the community. |
2. Of gases: Compressible; sometimes, in recent use, condensible.
| 1777 De Magellan Glass Appar. Min. Waters 46 The other elastic but likewise coercible fluid which we call dephlogisticated air [nitrogen]. |