Meanings
adjectivecoercitive (comparative more coercitive, superlative most coercitive)
comparative more coercitive · superlative most coercitive
- obsoleteObsolete form of coercive.
coercitive power in laws
1660, Jeremy Taylor, Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience in All Her General Measures; […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] James Flesher, for Richard Royston […], →OCLC
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