The Collaborative International Dictionary
Coactive
Coactive \Co*ac"tive\, a. [In sense 1, fr. 1st Coact; in sense 2, fr. 2d Coact.]
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Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive.
Any coactive power or the civil kind.
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Acting in concurrence; united in action.
With what's unreal thou coactive art.
--Shak.
Wiktionary
coactive
a. 1 (context obsolete English) Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive. 2 Acting in concurrence; united in action.