coerce

[Co*erce·]

You can bring a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. You can coerce or pressure someone to attend your office holiday party, but you can't make him have fun.

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To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.

Verb
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"

v. t.
To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.

v. t.
To compel or constrain to any action; as, to coerce a man to vote for a certain candidate.

v. t.
To compel or enforce; as, to coerce obedience.

Coerce

Co*erce" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coerced ; p. pr. & vb. n. Coercing.] [L. co'89rcere; 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.

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. 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.

To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.

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Usage Examples

She goes through the vale of death alone, each time a babe is born. As it is the right neither of man nor the state to coerce her into this ordeal, so it is her right to decide whether she will endure it.

A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.

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Other Usage Examples

Others think it the responsibility of scientists to coerce the rest of society, because they have the power that derives from special knowledge.

Love has its own time, its own season, and its own reasons from coming and going. You cannot bribe it or coerce it or reason it into staying. You can only embrace it when it arrives and give it away when it comes to you.