coact (iou)

coact verb. LME.
[Branch I from Latin coact- pa. ppl stem of cogere compel (see COGENT); branch II from CO- + ACT verb.]
I. verb trans. Compel, constrain. LME-M17.
verb trans. Control. rare. M19.
II. verb trans. Enact together. rare. Only in L16.
verb intrans. Act together, cooperate. E17.
coaction noun (a) (now rare) compulsion, restraint, coercion; (b) concerted action, acting together: LME.