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coercer

/koeɾˈθeɾ/

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verb/koeɾˈθeɾ/

to coerce, limit or restrict

Related: coercible, coerción

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