coercer

English

Etymology

coerce + -er

Pronunciation

Noun

coercer (plural coercers)

  1. A person who coerces.
    • 1825, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, On the Prometheus of Aeschylus:
      Jove the binder of reluctant powers, the coercer and entrancer of free spirits under the fetters of shape and mass and passive mobility []

Antonyms

French

Etymology

From Latin coercere (to surround, encompass, restrain, control, curb), from co- (together) + arcere (to inclose, confine, keep off); see arcade, arcane, ark.


Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ.ɛʁ.se/
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Verb

coercer

  1. to coerce, limit or restrict

Conjugation

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin coercere (to surround, encompass, restrain, control, curb), from co- (together) + arcere (to inclose, confine, keep off); see arcade, arcane, ark.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /koeɾˈθeɾ/ [ko.eɾˈθeɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /koeɾˈseɾ/ [ko.eɾˈseɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: co‧er‧cer

Verb

coercer (first-person singular present coerzo, first-person singular preterite coercí, past participle coercido)

  1. to coerce, limit or restrict

Conjugation

Further reading

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