Cœnurus
(||Cœ*nu"rus) n. [NL. fr. Gr. koino`s common + tail.] (Zoöl.) The larval stage of a tapeworm
(Tænia cœnurus) which forms bladderlike sacs in the brain of sheep, causing the fatal disease known as
water brain, vertigo, staggers or gid.
This bladder worm has on its surface numerous small heads, each of which, when swallowed by a dog,
becomes a mature tapeworm in the dog's intestine.
Coequal
(Co*e"qual) a. [L. coaequalis; co- + aequalis equal.] Being on an equality in rank or power.
— n. One who is on an equality with another.
In once he come to be a cardinal,
He'll make his cap coequal with the crown.
Shak.
Coequality
(Co`e*qual"i*ty) n. The state of being on an equality, as in rank or power.
Coequally
(Co*e"qual*ly) adv. With coequality.
Coerce
(Co*erce") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coerced ; p. pr. & vb. n. Coercing.] [L. coërcere; co- + arcere
to shut up, to press together. See Ark.]
1. To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb. Burke.
Punishments are manifold, that they may coerce this profligate sort.
Ayliffe.
2. To compel or constrain to any action; as, to coerce a man to vote for a certain candidate.
3. To compel or enforce; as, to coerce obedience.
Syn. — To Coerce, Compel. To compel denotes to urge on by force which cannot be resisted. The
term aplies equally to physical and moral force; as, compelled by hunger; compelled adverse circumstances;
compelled by parental affection. Coerce had at first only the negative sense of checking or restraining
by force; as, to coerce a bad man by punishments or a prisoner with fetters. It has now gained a positive
sense., viz., that of driving a person into the performance of some act which is required of him by another; as,
to coerce a man to sign a contract; to coerce obedience. In this sense coerce differs but little from
compel, and yet there is a distinction between them. Coercion is usually acomplished by indirect means,
as threats and intimidation, physical force being more rarely employed in coercing.
Coercible
(Co"er"ci*ble) a. Capable of being coerced.
— Co*er"ci*ble*ness, n.
Coercion
(Co*er"cion) n. [L. coercio, fr. coercere. See Coerce.]
1. The act or process of coercing.
2. (Law) The application to another of either physical or moral force. When the force is physical, and
cannot be resisted, then the act produced by it is a nullity, so far as concerns the party coerced. When
the force is moral, then the act, though voidable, is imputable to the party doing it, unless he be so paralyzed
by terror as to act convulsively. At the same time coercion is not negatived by the fact of submission
under force. "Coactus volui" (I consented under compulsion) is the condition of mind which, when there
is volition forced by coercion, annuls the result of such coercion. Wharton.
Coercitive
(Co*er"ci*tive) a. Coercive. "Coercitive power in laws." Jer. Taylor.
Coercive
(Co*er"cive) a. Serving or intended to coerce; having power to constrain.
