coact

[ koh-akt ]

verb (used with or without object)

1. to do or act together.

Other Words From

• co·actor noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of coact¹

1375–1425 for earlier adj. senses “compelled or forced (to do something)”; 1600–10 for current (intransitive) sense; late Middle English; co-, act

Example Sentences

I'll have none of this coacted, unnatural dumbness in my house, in a family where I govern.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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