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Verb: coerce  kow'urs
  1. To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
    - hale [archaic], squeeze, pressure, force

Derived forms: coerces, coercing, coerced

See also: coercion, coercive

Type of: compel, obligate, oblige

Encyclopedia: Coerce