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collaborate

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col⋅lab⋅o⋅rate

  [kuh-lab-uh-reyt]
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–verb (used without object), -rat⋅ed, -rat⋅ing.
1. to work, one with another; cooperate, as on a literary work: They collaborated on a novel.
2. to cooperate, usually willingly, with an enemy nation, esp. with an enemy occupying one's country: He collaborated with the Nazis during World War II.
Origin:
1870–75; < LL collabōrātus (ptp. of collabōrāre), equiv. to col- col- 1 + labor work + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
col⋅lab⋅o⋅ra⋅tor, noun

Synonyms:
2. collude, join, assist, abet.
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col·lab·o·rate   (kə-lāb'ə-rāt')   
intr.v.   col·lab·o·rat·ed, col·lab·o·rat·ing, col·lab·o·rates

  1. To work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort.

  2. To cooperate treasonably, as with an enemy occupation force in one's country.


[Late Latin collabōrāre, collabōrāt- : Latin com-, com- + Latin labōrāre, to work (from labor, toil).]
col·lab'o·ra'tion n., col·lab'o·ra'tive adj., col·lab'o·ra'tor n.
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Word Origin & History

collaborate 
1871, back-formation from collaborator (1802), from Fr. collaborateur, from L. collaboratus, pp. of collaborare "work with," from com- "with" + labore "to work." Collaboration "traitorous cooperation with the enemy," dates from 1940, originally in reference to the Vichy Government of France.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: col·lab·o·rate
Pronunciation: k&-'la-b&-"rAt
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms: -rat·ed; -rat·ing
: to work jointly with others in some endeavor
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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