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co⋅opt

  [koh-opt]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
2. to assimilate, take, or win over into a larger or established group: The fledgling Labor party was coopted by the Socialist party.
3. to appropriate as one's own; preempt: The dissidents have coopted the title of her novel for their slogan.
Also, co-opt.

Origin:
1645–55; < L cooptāre. See co-, opt

Related forms:
co⋅op⋅ta⋅tion, co-op⋅ta⋅tion, co⋅op⋅tion, co-option  [koh-op-shuhn] , noun
co⋅op⋅ta⋅tive, co-op⋅ta⋅tive  [koh-op-tuh-tiv] , co⋅op⋅tive, co-optive, adjective
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co-opt   (kō-ŏpt', kō'ŏpt')   
tr.v.   co-opt·ed, co-opt·ing, co-opts

  1. To elect as a fellow member of a group.

  2. To appoint summarily.

  3. To take or assume for one's own use; appropriate: co-opted the criticism by embracing it.

  4. To neutralize or win over (an independent minority, for example) through assimilation into an established group or culture: co-opt rebels by giving them positions of authority.


[Latin cooptāre : co-, co- + optāre, to choose.]
co'-op·ta'tion n., co-op'ta·tive (-tə-tĭv) adj., co-op'tion (-ŏp'shən) n., co-op'tive adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

co-opt 
1651, "to select (someone) for a group or club by a vote of members," from L. cooptare "to choose as a colleague or member of one's tribe," from com- "together" + optare "choose" (see option). For some reason this defied the usual pattern of L.-to-Eng. adaptation, which should have yielded cooptate. Sense of "take over" is first recorded c.1953.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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