different between coerce vs incoercible

English

Etymology

From Latin coercere (“to surround, encompass, restrain, control, curb”), from co- (“together”) + arcere (“to inclose, confine, keep off”); see arcade, arcane, ark.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ko???s/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?????s/
• Rhymes: -??(?)s

Verb

coerce (third-person singular simple present coerces, present participle coercing, simple past and past participle coerced)

1. (transitive) To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.
2. (transitive) To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will.

3. (transitive, computing) To force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type.

Synonyms

• compel
• bully
• dragoon

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• coerce in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• coerce in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Latin

Verb

coerc?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of coerce?

English

Etymology

in- +? coercible

Adjective

incoercible (comparative more incoercible, superlative most incoercible)

1. Not to be coerced; incapable of being compelled or forced.
2. (physics, of a gas) Not capable of being reduced to liquid form by pressure.
3. (physics, archaic) That cannot be confined in, or excluded from, vessels, like ordinary fluids, gases, etc.; said of heat, light, electricity, etc.