adjective.
Characterized by or inclined to coercion.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Having power to coerce, as by law, authority, or force; restraining; constraining.
noun.
That which coerces; that which constrains or restrains.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjective.
Serving or intended to coerce; having power to constrain.
adjective.
the power or force which in iron or steel produces a slowness or difficulty in imparting magnetism to it, and also interposes an obstacle to the return of a bar to its natural state when active magnetism has ceased. It plainly depends on the molecular constitution of the metal.