† coˈacted, ppl. a. Obs.
[f. coact v. + -ed1.]
Compelled, enforced, compulsory.
| 1563–87 Foxe A. & M. (1596) 26/1 Both men and women they keep thorough coacted vowes from marrying. 1582–8 Hist. James VI (1804) 27 Be [= by] coactit consent of the captive Queene. 1644 Bp. Maxwell Prerog. Chr. Kings v. 72 He professed his obedience, and that not..a coacted one. 1655 Fuller Ch. Hist. v. (1656) 242 Thinking herself free from that uncomely kind of coacted marriage. |