koaktar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from French [Term?].

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔakˈtar/

Verb

koaktar (present tense koaktas, past tense koaktis, future tense koaktos, imperative koaktez, conditional koaktus)

  1. (transitive) to constrain, coerce, oblige, compel, force
    Respekto, gratitudo, autoritato koaktas me silencar.
    Respect, gratitude, authority compel me to be silent.
    Ne koatkez il.
    Do not use compulsion with him.

Usage notes

This refers espacially to moral; social, intellectual compulsion, rather than physical force; cf. forco, forsar.

Conjugation
    Conjugation of koaktar
present past future
infinitive koaktar koaktir koaktor
tense koaktas koaktis koaktos
conditional koaktus
imperative koaktez
adjective active participle koaktanta koaktinta koaktonta
adverbial active participle koaktante koaktinte koaktonte
nominal active participle singular koaktanto koaktinto koaktonto
plural koaktanti koaktinti koaktonti
adjective passive participle koaktata koaktita koaktota
adverbial passive participle koaktate koaktite koaktote
nominal passive participle singular koaktato koaktito koaktoto
plural koaktati koaktiti koaktoti

Derived terms
  • koaktanta, koaktiva (“coactive, coercive power”)
  • koakto-kamizolo (“straitjacket”)
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