coercer

English

Etymology

coerce + -er

Pronunciation

Noun

coercer (plural coercers)

  1. One 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

Borrowed from Latin coerceo (I enclose, I encompass).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ.ɛʁ.se/

Verb

coercer

  1. to limit or restrict

Conjugation

Further reading


Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin coerceo (I enclose, I encompass).

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 limit or restrict

Conjugation

Further reading

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