Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CO-EMP'TION, n. [L. coemptio; con and emo, to buy.]

The act of purchasing the whole quantity of any commodity. – Bacon.

CO-EN-JOY', v.t.

To enjoy together. – Howell.

CO-EN-JOY'ED, pp.

Enjoyed together.

CO-EN-JOY'ING, ppr.

Enjoying together.

CO-E'QUAL, a. [L. con and equalis, equal.]

Equal with another person or thing; of the same rank, dignity or power. – Shak.

CO-E'QUAL, n.

One who is equal to another.

CO-E-QUAL'I-TY, n.

The state of being equal with another; equality in rank, dignity or power.

CO-E'QUAL-LY, adv.

With joint equality.

CO-ERCE', v.t. [coers'; L. coerceo; con and arceo, to drive or press.]

1. To restrain by force; to keep from acting, or transgressing, particularly by moral force, as by law or authority; to repress. – Ayliffe.
2. To compel; to constrain. These causes … coerced by those which preceded and coercing those which followed. – Dwight. Theol.

CO-ERCE'A-BLE-NESS, n.

The state of being coerceable.

CO-ERC'ED, pp.

Restrained by force; compelled.

CO-ERC'I-BLE, a.

That may or ought to be restrained or compelled.

CO-ERC'ING, ppr.

Restraining by force; constraining.

CO-ER'CION, n.

Restraint, check, particularly by law or authority; compulsion; force. – South.

CO-ERC'IVE, a.

1. That has power to restrain, particularly by moral force, as of law or authority. – Hooker. Dryden.
2. Compulsory; constraining; forcing.

CO-ERC'IVE-LY, adv.

By constraint.

CO-ES-SEN'TIAL, a. [con and essential, from L. essentialis. See Essence.]

Partaking of the same essence. We bless and magnify that coessential spirit, eternally proceeding from the Father and Son. – Hooker.

CO-ES-SEN-TIAL'I-TY, n.

Participation of the same essence. – Johnson.

CO-ES-SEN'TIAL-LY, adv.

In a coessential manner.

CO-ES-TAB'LISH-MENT, n.

Joint establishment. – Bp. of Landaff.

CO-ES-TATE', n.

An estate or state of equal rank, or a state in alliance.

CO-E-TA'NE-OUS, a. [L. coætaneus; con and ætas, age. Coetanean is rarely used.]

Of the same age with another; beginning to exist at the same time; with to. “Every fault has penal effects coetaneous to the act.” But with may be preferable to to. This word is sometimes used as synonymous with cotemporary; but coetaneous seems properly to denote cotemporary in origin, rather than cotemporary in existence at any other period. It may however be used in both senses.

CO-E-TA'NE-OUS-LY, adv.

Of or from the same age or beginning. – Dwight.

CO-E-TERN'AL, a. [L. con and æternus.]

Equally eternal with another. – Milton.

CO-E-TERN'AL-LY, adv.

With equal eternity. – Hooker.