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”)