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Coach, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coached (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Coaching.] 1. To convey in a coach. Pope.

2. To prepare for public examination by private instruction; to train by special instruction. [Colloq.]

I coached him before he got his scholarship. G. Eliot.

Coach, v. i. To drive or to ride in a coach; -- sometimes used with it. [Colloq.] "Coaching it to all quarters." E. Waterhouse.

Coach"box` (?). The seat of a coachman.

Coach"dog` (?; 115). (Zo÷l.) One of a breed of dogs trained to accompany carriages; the Dalmatian dog.

Coach"ee (?), n. A coachman [Slang]

Coach"fel`low (?), n. One of a pair of horses employed to draw a coach; hence (Fig.), a comrade. Shak.

Coach"man (?), n.; pl. Coachmen (#). 1. A man whose business is to drive a coach or carriage.

2. (Zo÷l.) A tropical fish of the Atlantic ocean (Dutes auriga); -- called also charioteer. The name refers to a long, lashlike spine of the dorsal fin.

Coach"man*ship (?), n. Skill in driving a coach.

Coach"whip` snake" (?). (Zo÷l.) A large, slender, harmless snake of the southern United States (Masticophis flagelliformis).

&fist; Its long and tapering tail has the scales so arranged and colored as to give it a braided appearance, whence the name.

Co*act" (?), v. t. [L. coactare, intens. fr. cogere, coactum, to force. See Cogent.] To force; to compel; to drive. [Obs.]

The faith and service of Christ ought to be voluntary and not coacted. Foxe.

Co*act", v. i. [Pref. co- + act, v. i.] To act together; to work in concert; to unite. [Obs.]

But if I tell you how these two did coact. Shak.

Co*ac"tion (?), n. [L. coactio.] Force; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling. Sojth.

Co*ac"tive (?), a. [In sense 1, fr. 1st Coact; in sense 2, fr. 2d Coact.] 1. Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive.

Any coactive power or the civil kind. Bp. Warburton.

2. Acting in concurrence; united in action.

With what's unreal thou coactive art. Shak.

Co*ac"tive*ly, adv. In a coactive manner.

Co`ac*tiv"i*ty (?), n. Unity of action.

Co*ad`ap*ta"tion (?), n. Mutual adaption. R. Owen.

Co`a*dapt"ed (?), a. Adapted one to another; as, coadapted pulp and tooth. R. Owen.

Co*ad"ju*ment (?), n. Mutual help; co÷peration. [R.] Johnson.

Co`ad*just" (?), v. t. To adjust by mutual adaptations. R. Owen.