coerceo

Latin

verb
Definitions
  • I enclose on all sides, hold together; surround, encompass.
  • I restrain, keep back, confine, shut up or in, hold in confinement, repress.
  • (figuratively) I keep within limits, control, limit.
  • (figuratively) I curb, restrain, tame, correct.

Etymology

Prefix from Latin arceō (ward off, keep off, enclose, protect, guard, I ward off) root from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erk- (guard, protect, hold, shut in).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₂erk-

Gloss

guard, protect, hold, shut in

Concept
Semantic Field

Warfare and hunting

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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