Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - coerce
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Coerce
coerce
transitive verb (~d; coercing) Etymology: Middle English cohercen, from Anglo-French *cohercer Latin coercere, from co- + arcere to shut up, enclose — more at ark Date: 15th century 1. to restrain or dominate by force religion in the past has tried to ~ the irreligious — W. R. Inge 2. to compel to an act or choice was ~d into agreeing 3. to achieve by force or threat ~ compliance Synonyms: see force • coercible adjective
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1.
v.tr. (often foll. by into) persuade or restrain (an unwilling person) by force (coerced you into signing). Derivatives coercible adj. Etymology: ME f. L coercere restrain (as CO-, arcere restrain) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1. удерживать, сдерживать the unruly crowd had to be coerced —- разбушевавшуюся толпу пришлось сдерживать 2. ам. добиться путем принуждения to coerce compliance with the conditions of a contract —- добиться выполнения условий контракта our agreement to the plan was coerced —- нас заставили согласиться с этим планом 3. физ. сообщать принудительное движение ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) принуждать to coerce into silence - заставить замолчать, умолкнуть 2) сообщить движение Syn: see compel ...Англо-русский словарь
4.
(coerces, coercing, coerced) If you coerce someone into doing something, you make them do it, although they do not want to. (FORMAL) Potter had argued that the government coerced him into pleading guilty... = pressurize VERB: V n into -ing/n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
5.
~ v to force someone to do something they do not want to do by threatening them (coerce sb into doing sth) (The rebels coerced the villagers into hiding them from the army.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- c.1451, from M.Fr. cohercer, from L. coercere "to control, restrain," from com- "together" + arcere "to enclose, confine, contain, ward off," from PIE *ark- "to hold, contain, guard." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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