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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Coerce \Co*erce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coerced; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Coercing.] [L. co["e]rcere; co- + arcere to shut up, to
     press together. See Ark.]
     1. To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to
        repress; to curb. --Burke.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Punishments are manifold, that they may coerce this
              profligate sort.                      --Ayliffe.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To compel or constrain to any action; as, to coerce a man
        to vote for a certain candidate.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To compel or enforce; as, to coerce obedience.
  
     Syn: To Coerce, Compel.
  
     Usage: To compel denotes to urge on by force which cannot be
            resisted. The term aplies equally to physical and
            moral force; as, compelled by hunger; compelled
            adverse circumstances; compelled by parental
            affection. Coerce had at first only the negative sense
            of checking or restraining by force; as, to coerce a
            bad man by punishments or a prisoner with fetters. It
            has now gained a positive sense., viz., that of
            driving a person into the performance of some act
            which is required of him by another; as, to coerce a
            man to sign a contract; to coerce obedience. In this
            sense (which is now the prevailing one), coerce
            differs but little from compel, and yet there is a
            distinction between them. Coercion is usually
            acomplished by indirect means, as threats and
            intimidation, physical force being more rarely
            employed in coercing.
            [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Coerce \Co*erce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coerced; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Coercing.] [L. co["e]rcere; co- + arcere to shut up, to
     press together. See Ark.]
     1. To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to
        repress; to curb. --Burke.
  
              Punishments are manifold, that they may coerce this
              profligate sort.                      --Ayliffe.
  
     2. To compel or constrain to any action; as, to coerce a man
        to vote for a certain candidate.
  
     3. To compel or enforce; as, to coerce obedience.
  
     Syn: To Coerce, Compel.
  
     Usage: To compel denotes to urge on by force which cannot be
            resisted. The term aplies equally to physical and
            moral force; as, compelled by hunger; compelled
            adverse circumstances; compelled by parental
            affection. Coerce had at first only the negative sense
            of checking or restraining by force; as, to coerce a
            bad man by punishments or a prisoner with fetters. It
            has now gained a positive sense., viz., that of
            driving a person into the performance of some act
            which is required of him by another; as, to coerce a
            man to sign a contract; to coerce obedience. In this
            sense (which is now the prevailing one), coerce
            differs but little from compel, and yet there is a
            distinction between them. Coercion is usually
            acomplished by indirect means, as threats and
            intimidation, physical force being more rarely
            employed in coercing.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  coerce
       v : to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical,
           moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a
           job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information" [syn:
            hale, squeeze, pressure, force]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  coerce
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 αναγκάζω, εξαναγκάζω, καταναγκάζω
     2 (ετ προγρ en) εξαναγκάζω μεταβλητή συγκεκριμένου τύπος δεδομένων να
  λάβει τιμή άλλου τύπου

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  coerce
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: coercer)
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To restrain by force, especially by law or
  authority; to repress; to curb.
     2 (lb en transitive) To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in
  an attempt to compel one to act against their will.
     3 (lb en transitive computing) To force an attribute, normally of a
  data type, to take on the attribute of another data type.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  coerce
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To restrain by force, especially by law or
  authority; to repress; to curb.
     2 (lb en transitive) To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in
  an attempt to compel one to act against their will.
     3 (lb en transitive computing) To force an attribute, normally of a
  data type, to take on the attribute of another data type.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  coerce
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: coercer)
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To restrain by force, especially by law or
  authority; to repress; to curb.
     2 (lb en transitive) To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in
  an attempt to compel one to act against their will.
     3 (lb en transitive computing) To force an attribute, normally of a
  data type, to take on the attribute of another data type.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  coerce
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: coercer)
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To restrain by force, especially by law or
  authority; to repress; to curb.
     2 (lb en transitive) To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in
  an attempt to compel one to act against their will.
     3 (lb en transitive computing) To force an attribute, normally of a
  data type, to take on the attribute of another data type.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  coerce
     Englanti vb.
     pakottaa

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  coerce
     Engelska vb.
     tvinga

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Coerce /kˌəʊˈɜːs/
  أجبر

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  coerce //koʊˈɝs// //kəʊˈɜːs// 
  заста́вя, заста́вям, прину́дя, принужда́вам
  to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will