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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
coax1 /kəʊks/
verb persuade (someone) gradually or by flattery to do something.

■ use such persuasion to obtain (something).

■ arrange (something) carefully into a particular shape or position.

– derivatives
coaxer noun,
coaxing adjective,
coaxingly adverb.
– origin C16 (in the sense ‘pet, fondle’): from obs. cokes ‘simpleton’, of unknown origin.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
coax2 /ˈkəʊaks/
noun informal coaxial cable.



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