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co-opt
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co-opt
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co-opt
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co-opt
(gcide) | co-opt \co-opt"\, coopt \co*["o]pt"\, v. t. [See Cooptate. Cf.
F. coopter.]
To choose or elect in concert with another. [R.]
[1913 Webster]
Each of the hundred was to coopt three others. --Jowett
(Thucyd.).
[1913 Webster]
2. To choose or elect as a colleague or fellow member of a
group; as, The church members co-opted individuals from
similar backgrounds to replenish the congregation.
[PJC + WordNet 1.5]
3. To assimilate (a smaller group) into a larger group.
[PJC]
4. To persuade an opponent to join one's own side.
[PJC]
5. To appoint summarily (with or without the appointee's
consent).
[WordNet 1.5]
6. To appropriate (something rightly belonging to another) as
one's own; to preempt; as, to co-opt someone's name.
[PJC] |
co-opt
(wn) | co-opt
v 1: choose or elect as a fellow member or colleague; "The
church members co-opted individuals from similar
backgrounds to replenish the congregation"
2: neutralize or win over through assimilation into an
established group; "We co-opted the independent minority
tribes by pulling them into the Northern Alliance"
3: appoint summarily or commandeer; "The army tried to co-opt
peasants into civil defence groups"
4: take or assume for one's own use; "He co-opted the criticism
and embraced it" |
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co-optation
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co-option
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coopt
(gcide) | co-opt \co-opt"\, coopt \co*["o]pt"\, v. t. [See Cooptate. Cf.
F. coopter.]
To choose or elect in concert with another. [R.]
[1913 Webster]
Each of the hundred was to coopt three others. --Jowett
(Thucyd.).
[1913 Webster]
2. To choose or elect as a colleague or fellow member of a
group; as, The church members co-opted individuals from
similar backgrounds to replenish the congregation.
[PJC + WordNet 1.5]
3. To assimilate (a smaller group) into a larger group.
[PJC]
4. To persuade an opponent to join one's own side.
[PJC]
5. To appoint summarily (with or without the appointee's
consent).
[WordNet 1.5]
6. To appropriate (something rightly belonging to another) as
one's own; to preempt; as, to co-opt someone's name.
[PJC] |
Cooptate
(gcide) | Cooptate \Co*["o]p"tate\, v. t. [L. cooptatus, p. p. of cootare
to elect to something; co- + optare to choose.]
To choose; to elect; to coopt. [Obs.] --Cockeram.
[1913 Webster] co-optation |
co-optation
(gcide) | co-optation \co-optation\, cooptation \co`["o]p*ta"tion\, n. [L.
cooptatio.]
The act of choosing; selection; choice. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
The first election and cooptation of a friend.
--Howell.
[1913 Webster]
2. the selection of a new member (usually by a vote of the
existing membership). See co-opt[2].
Syn: co-option.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. the act of appointing summarily (with or without the
appointee's consent).
Syn: co-option.
[WordNet 1.5] |
cooptation
(gcide) | co-optation \co-optation\, cooptation \co`["o]p*ta"tion\, n. [L.
cooptatio.]
The act of choosing; selection; choice. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
The first election and cooptation of a friend.
--Howell.
[1913 Webster]
2. the selection of a new member (usually by a vote of the
existing membership). See co-opt[2].
Syn: co-option.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. the act of appointing summarily (with or without the
appointee's consent).
Syn: co-option.
[WordNet 1.5] |
co-option
(gcide) | co-option \co-option\ n.
same as co-optation.
[WordNet 1.5] |
co-optation
(wn) | co-optation
n 1: the selection of a new member (usually by a vote of the
existing membership) [syn: co-option, co-optation]
2: the act of appointing summarily (with or without the
appointee's consent) [syn: co-option, co-optation] |
co-option
(wn) | co-option
n 1: the selection of a new member (usually by a vote of the
existing membership) [syn: co-option, co-optation]
2: the act of appointing summarily (with or without the
appointee's consent) [syn: co-option, co-optation] |
CO-OPTATION
(bouvier) | CO-OPTATION. A concurring choice. Sometimes applied to the act of the
members of a corporation, in choosing a person to supply a vacancy. in their
body.
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