costringere — meaning in English
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English meaning
- coax verb To gently persuade someone to do something through patience or flattery.
- coerce verb To force someone into doing something, using pressure, threats, or intimidation.
- compel verb To force or pressure someone into doing something.
- constrain verb To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige.
- enforce verb To make sure a law, rule, or requirement is obeyed.
- force noun Strength or power exerted to move, influence, or affect something.
- oblige verb To require someone to do something, by law, duty, or circumstance.
Senses
costringere is used for these senses in English:
- coax (transitive) To carefully manipulate (someone or something) into a particular desired state, situation or position.
- compel (transitive) To force, constrain, or coerce.
- constrain (transitive) To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige.
- enforce (obsolete) To give force to; to strengthen; to invigorate; to energize.
- oblige (transitive) To constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means.
coerce — full definition
- verb To force someone into doing something, using pressure, threats, or intimidation.
- verb In computing, to force a value to convert from one data type to another.