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adj
Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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adj
Acting in concurrence; united in action.
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History
See Latin coactum.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- Proto-Indo-European *h2eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h2éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus ▲ Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl. Latin āctīvusbor. Old French actifbor. Middle English actyf English active English coactive From co- + active.
Across languages
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