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Antonyms for coerced

Grammar : Verb
Spell : koh-urs
Phonetic Transcription : koʊˈɜrs

Definition of coerced

Origin :
  • mid-15c., cohercen, from Middle French cohercer, from Latin coercere "to control, restrain, shut up together," from com- "together" (see co-) + arcere "to enclose, confine, contain, ward off," from PIE *ark- "to hold, contain, guard" (see arcane). Related: Coerced; coercing. No record of the word between late 15c. and mid-17c.; its reappearance 1650s is perhaps a back-formation from coercion.
  • verb compel, press
Example sentences :
  • Something in him at once coerced her friendliest confidence.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • No one is coerced to labour, but in proportion as a man does labour he makes use of capital.
  • Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
  • And this activity is spontaneous, in the sense that it is not coerced from without.
  • Extract from : « Mind and Motion and Monism » by George John Romanes
  • I have no doubt that the coerced perusal of them to which he had to submit did him a deal of good.
  • Extract from : « The Book-Hunter » by John Hill Burton
  • If she could be so coerced we would destroy her brain before she could act.
  • Extract from : « Masters of Space » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • "A machine cannot be coerced," the robot-confessor told him.
  • Extract from : « The Status Civilization » by Robert Sheckley
  • Si, señor—and add to those some others that would not be coerced.
  • Extract from : « Margaret Tudor » by Annie T. Colcock
  • Sheep should be humored rather than hurried; coaxed, rather than coerced.
  • Extract from : « Bob, Son of Battle » by Alfred Ollivant
  • Driven, lured, coerced, these Aryan tribes have inundated the earth.
  • Extract from : « The American Empire » by Scott Nearing
  • He is compromised, coerced, by the elements of language; but what of that?
  • Extract from : « The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 (2 vols) » by Thomas De Quincey

Synonyms for coerced

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