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coarct
† coˈarct, v. Obs. Forms: 5–6 coart(e, 5–7 cohart(e, 6–9 coarct. [ad. L. coarct-āre (properly -artāre) to press together, contract, confine, also to compel, constrain, f. co- + artāre to press close, contract, f. artus confined. See art v.1, and cf. F. coärcter (in Palsgr. and Cotgr.).] 1. trans. To...
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coarctate
▪ I. coarctate, a. (kəʊˈɑːkteɪt) In 5 coartate. [ad. L. coarctāt-us (coart-), pa. pple. of coarctāre to coarct.] Pressed close together, compressed, contracted, confined. In Bot. applied to a compact or dense panicle.1432–50 tr. Higden (Rolls) I. 61 The patente magnitude felethe by more efficacite t...
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coarction
† coˈarction Obs. rare. [f. coarct v., after act-ion, etc.: see -ion1.] Coarctation, constriction.1782 A. Monro Compar. Anat. (ed. 3) 7 Nor is there any coarction forming the antrum willisii as in the stomach of man. Ibid. 18 These coarctions give way in the time of birth.
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cohert
† coˈhert, v. Obs. [In form, app. a deriv. of L. coert-, a form of the ppl. stem of coercē-re to coerce. But its history is not clear; and it may be a variant of cohart, early form of coarct. Change of ar to er was, however, contrary to usual tendencies.] = coerce.1475 Bk. Noblesse 38 Coherted and b...
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coarctation
coarctation (kəʊɑːkˈteɪʃən) [ad. L. coar(c)tātiōn-em ‘drawing or pressing together’, n. of action f. coar(c)tāre to coarct. Cf. mod.F. coarctation.] 1. The action of compressing tightly or narrowly; compression, constriction, restraint; the fact of being so compressed.1545 T. Raynalde Byrth Mankynde...
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