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co-opt
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb co-opt has 4 senses
- co-opt(v = verb.social) Array - choose or elect as a fellow member or colleague; "The church members co-opted individuals from similar backgrounds to replenish the congregation" is one way to elect
- co-opt(v = verb.social) Array - neutralize or win over through assimilation into an established group; "We co-opted the independent minority tribes by pulling them into the Northern Alliance" is one way to neutralize
- co-opt(v = verb.social) Array - appoint summarily or commandeer; "The army tried to co-opt peasants into civil defence groups" is one way to appoint, constitute, name, nominate
- co-opt(v = verb.possession) Array - take or assume for one's own use; "He co-opted the criticism and embraced it" is one way to accept, take
Derived forms noun co-optation1, noun co-option1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Derived forms noun co-optation2, noun co-option2
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
co-opt, v. t. [See Coöptate. Cf. F. coopter.].
- To choose or elect in concert with another. [1913 Webster]"Each of the hundred was to coöpt three others." [1913 Webster]
- 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]
- To assimilate (a smaller group) into a larger group. [PJC]
- To persuade an opponent to join one's own side. [PJC]
- To appoint summarily (with or without the appointee's consent). [WordNet 1.5]
- To appropriate (something rightly belonging to another) as one's own; to preempt; as, to co-opt someone's name. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
co-opt, v.tr. appoint to membership of a body by invitation of the existing members.
Derivative
co-optation n. co-option n. co-optive adj.
Etymology
L cooptare (as CO-, optare choose)
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