ppl. a. Obs. [f. COACT v. + -ED1.] Compelled, enforced, compulsory.

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1563–87.  Foxe, A. & M. (1596), 26/1. Both men and women they keep thorough coacted vowes from marrying.

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1582–8.  Hist. James VI. (1804), 27. Be [= by] coactit consent of the captive Queene.

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1644.  Bp. Maxwell, Prerog. Chr. Kings, v. 72. He professed his obedience, and that not … a coacted one.

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1655.  Fuller, Ch. Hist., v. (1656), 242. Thinking herself free from that uncomely kind of coacted marriage.

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