Word Meanings - COERCIVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Serving or intended to coerce; having power to constrain. -- Co*er"cive*ly, adv. -- Co*er"cive*ness, n. Coercive power can only influence us to outward practice. Bp. Warburton. Coercive or Coercitive force , the power or force which in iron or
Additional info about word: COERCIVE
Serving or intended to coerce; having power to constrain. -- Co*er"cive*ly, adv. -- Co*er"cive*ness, n. Coercive power can only influence us to outward practice. Bp. Warburton. Coercive or Coercitive force , the power or force which in iron or steel produces a slowness or difficulty in imparting magnetism to it, and also interposes an obstacle to the return of a bar to its natural state when active magnetism has ceased. It plainly depends on the molecular constitution of the metal. Nichol. The power of resisting magnetization or demagnization is sometimes called coercive force. S. Thompson.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of COERCIVE)
- Incumbent
- Pressing
- binding
- coercive
- indispensable
- urgent
- devolvent
- obligatory
- Penal
- Retributive
- visitatorial
- castigatory
- inflictive
- corrective
- punitive
Related words: (words related to COERCIVE)
- INDISPENSABLENESS
The state or quality of being indispensable, or absolutely necessary. S. Clarke. - PENAL
Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes and offenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence: as: Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue; the penal code. Incurring punishment; subject to a penalty; as, a penalact - BIND
bunden; akin to D. & G. binden, Dan. binde, Sw. & Icel. binda, Goth. bindan, Skr. bandh to bind, cf. Gr. cable, and L. 1. To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to - PRESSIROSTRAL
Of or pertaining to the pressirosters. - PRESSIVE
Pressing; urgent; also, oppressive; as, pressive taxation. Bp. Hall. - BINDING POST
A metallic post attached to electrical apparatus for convenience in making connections. - PRESSGANG
See PRESS - BINDING
That binds; obligatory. Binding beam , the main timber in double flooring. -- Binding joist , the secondary timber in double-framed flooring. Syn. -- Obligatory; restraining; restrictive; stringent; astringent; costive; styptic. - URGENT
Urging; pressing; besetting; plying, with importunity; calling for immediate attention; instantly important. "The urgent hour." Shak. Some urgent cause to ordain the contrary. Hooker. The Egyptians were urgent upon the people that they might send - PRESSURAGE
1. Pressure. 2. The juice of the grape extracted by the press; also, a fee paid for the use of a wine press. - PRESSURE WIRES
Wires leading from various points of an electric system to a central station, where a voltmeter indicates the potential of the system at those points. - PRESSWORK
The art of printing from the surface of type, plates, or engravings in relief, by means of a press; the work so done. MacKellar. - BINDING SCREW
A set screw used to bind parts together, esp. one for making a connection in an electrical circuit. - INCUMBENT
Leaning or resting; -- said of anthers when lying on the inner side of the filament, or of cotyledons when the radicle lies against the back of one of them. Gray. (more info) lie down upon, press upon; pref. in- in, on + cumbere ; 1. - PRESSLY
Closely; concisely. - COERCIVE
Serving or intended to coerce; having power to constrain. -- Co*er"cive*ly, adv. -- Co*er"cive*ness, n. Coercive power can only influence us to outward practice. Bp. Warburton. Coercive or Coercitive force , the power or force which in iron or - INDISPENSABLE
Not admitting dispensation; not subject to release or exemption. The law was moral and indispensable. Bp. Burnet. 3. Unavoidable; inevitable. Fuller. (more info) 1. Not dispensable; impossible to be omitted, remitted, or spared; absolutely - PRESSOR
Causing, or giving rise to, pressure or to an increase of pressure; as, pressor nerve fibers, stimulation of which excites the vasomotor center, thus causing a stronger contraction of the arteries and consequently an increase of the arterial blood - INCUMBENTLY
In an incumbent manner; so as to be incumbent. - PRESSIROSTER
One of a tribe of wading birds including those which have a compressed beak, as the plovers. - SUBINDIVIDUAL
A division of that which is individual. An individual can not branch itself into subindividuals. Milton. - HOTPRESSED
Pressed while heat is applied. See Hotpress, v. t. - HOTPRESS
To apply to, in conjunction with mechanical pressure, for the purpose of giving a smooth and glosay surface, or to express oil, etc.; as, to hotpress paper, linen, etc. - SUPPRESSOR
One who suppresses. - INCOMPRESSIBLE
Not compressible; incapable of being reduced by force or pressure into a smaller compass or volume; resisting compression; as, many liquids and solids appear to be almost incompressible. -- In`com*press"i*ble*ness, n. - ASSURGENT
Ascending; - INSUPPRESSIBLE
That can not be suppressed or concealed; irrepressible. Young. -- In`sup*press"i*bly, adv. - REPRESSIBLE
Capable of being repressed. - SPELLBIND
To bind or hold by, or as if by, a spell or charm; to fascinate, esp. by eloquence of speech, as in a political campaign. - - Spell"bind`er , n. - EXURGENT
Arising; coming to light. - RESURGENT
Rising again, as from the dead. Coleridge. - ESPRESSIVO
With expression. - INEXPRESSIBLY
In an inexpressible manner or degree; unspeakably; unutterably. Spectator. - IMPRESS
To take by force for public service; as, to impress sailors or money. The second five thousand pounds impressed for the service of the sick and wounded prisoners. Evelyn. (more info) pref. im- in, on + premere to press. See Press to squeeze, and