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co-opt

Verb (transitive)

WORDNET DICTIONARY

co-opt(v = verb.social) - choose or elect as a fellow member or colleague; "The church members co-opted individuals from similar backgrounds to replenish the congregation"

Derived forms noun co-optation₁, noun co-option₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

co-opt(v = verb.social) - neutralize or win over through assimilation into an established group; "We co-opted the independent minority tribes by pulling them into the Northern Alliance"

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

co-opt(v = verb.social) - appoint summarily or commandeer; "The army tried to co-opt peasants into civil defence groups"

Derived forms noun co-optation₂, noun co-option₂

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

co-opt(v = verb.possession) - take or assume for one's own use; "He co-opted the criticism and embraced it"

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

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]

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)