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co·opt

   [koh-opt]
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; < Latin cooptāre. See co-, opt

Related forms
co·op·ta·tion, co-op·ta·tion, co·op·tion, co-op·tion  [koh-op-shuhn] , noun
co·op·ta·tive, co-op·ta·tive  [koh-op-tuh-tiv] , co·op·tive, co-op·tive, adjective

Can be confused: co-op, coop, co-opt, coupe.
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coopt or co-opt (kəʊˈɒpt)
 
—vb
1.  to add (someone) to a committee, board, etc, by the agreement of the existing members
2.  to appoint summarily; commandeer
 
[C17: from Latin cooptāre to elect, from optāre to choose]
 
co-opt or co-opt
 
—vb
 
[C17: from Latin cooptāre to elect, from optāre to choose]
 
co'option or co-opt
 
—n
 
co-'option or co-opt
 
—n
 
coop'tation or co-opt
 
—n
 
co-op'tation or co-opt
 
—n
 
co'optative or co-opt
 
—adj
 
co-'optative or co-opt
 
—adj

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co-opt
1650s, "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
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should have yielded cooptate. Sense of "take over" is first recorded c.1953. Related: co-opted (1650s).

coopt
see co-opt.
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