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coerce
c.1451, from M.Fr.
cohercer,
from L.
coercere
"to control, restrain," from
com-
"together" +
arcere
"to enclose, confine, contain, ward off," from PIE
*ark-
"to hold, contain, guard" (see
arcane
).