"having powers to coerce," c. 1600, from coerce + -ive. Form coercitive (attested from 1630s) is more true to Latin but less frequent in use.
authority is directional instead of coercive
coelomate
coeno-
coequal
coerce
coercion
coercive
coessential
coetaneous
coeternal
coeval
coevolution
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