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Rare
verb
•
To
restrain
by
force
,
especially
by
law
or
authority
; to
repress
; to
curb
.
•
To use
force
,
threat
,
fraud
, or
intimidation
in an
attempt
to
compel
one to
act
against their will.
•
In Computing:
To
force
an
attribute
,
normally
of a
data type
, to
take on
the
attribute
of another
data type
.
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Lineage
coerce
English
coercere
Latin
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