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co-opt

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

co-opt / kōˈäpt; ˈkōˌäpt/ • v. [tr.] (often be co-opted) appoint to membership of a committee or other body by invitation of the existing members. ∎ divert to or use in a role different from the usual or original one: social scientists were co-opted to work with the development agencies. ∎ adopt (an idea or policy) for one's own use: the green parties have had most of their ideas co-opted by bigger parties. DERIVATIVES: co-op·ta·tion / kōˌäpˈtāshən/ n. co-op·tion / ˌkōˈäpshən/ n. co-op·tive / -ˈäptiv/ adj.

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co-opt

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

co-opt XVII. — L. cooptāre, f. CO- + optāre choose (see OPT).

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co-opt

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

co-opt •adapt, apt, enrapt, rapt, unmapped, untapped •periapt • snow-capped •accept, crept, except, incept, inept, intercept, kept, leapt, overleaped, sept, slept, swept, upswept, wept, yclept •adept • housekept • transept •precept • concept • percept •rainswept • windswept • undraped •pearshaped •conscript, crypt, encrypt, harelipped, hipped, script, unequipped, unwhipped •Egypt • eucalypt • transcript •nondescript • typescript • manuscript •subscript •adopt, co-opt, Copt, opt •unhoped •abrupt, corrupt, disrupt, erupt, interrupt, irrupt •bankrupt •underdeveloped, undeveloped •excerpt • sculpt

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