COAXED Definition & Meaning

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coaxed

[kohkst]

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adjective

influenced or persuaded to do something by gentle urging, smooth talk, flattery, etc..
A coaxed cat will make itself comfortable in your lap for a while, but a forced one will flat out refuse.
obtained by gentle urging, sweet talk, flattery, etc..
The hotel owner eventually offered us a coaxed apology after much back and forth about the lack of cleanliness.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of coax.

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

uncoaxed adjective

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of coaxed¹

First recorded in 1825–35; coax ¹ ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses; coax ¹ ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb sense

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After more exhausting tennis in the second set, it was again a double fault that swung the momentum as Sabalenka broke at 3-3, having coaxed Anisimova into a couple of mistakes.

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It wasn’t just marginality that coaxed cynefin from me in West Wales.

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“Come on,” he coaxed, obviously offended but not willing to give up.

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The world, and countless generations of interactions with it, coaxed our brains to evolve in the unique way that humans perceive reality.

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She coaxed the two back into a creative relationship in the mid-aughts, which resulted in a run of stand-up shows in 2008.

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