Definition of co-opt Co-opt
/kowɑˈpt/ - [kowapt] - co•opt
We found 8 definitions of co-opt from 3 different sources.
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What does co-opt mean?
WordNet
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| co-opt - choose or elect as a fellow member or colleague; "The church members co-opted individuals from similar backgrounds to replenish the congregation" | ||
| elect choose; "I elected to have my funds deposited automatically" | ||
| co-opt - appoint summarily or commandeer; "The army tried to co-opt peasants into civil defence groups" | ||
| appoint, constitute, nominate, name furnish; "a beautifully appointed house" | ||
| co-opt - take or assume for one's own use; "He co-opted the criticism and embraced it" | ||
| accept, take tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies" | ||
| co-opt - neutralize or win over through assimilation into an established group; "We co-opted the independent minority tribes by pulling them into the Northern Alliance" | ||
| neutralize make chemically neutral; "She neutralized the solution" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- co-opt (Verb)
To elect as a fellow member of a group, such as a committee. - co-opt (Verb)
To commandeer, appropriate or take over . - co-opt (Verb)
To absorb or assimilate into an established group.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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co-opt
kō-opt′, v.t. to elect into any body by the votes of its members.—ns. Co-optā′tion, Co-op′tion.—adj. Co-op′tative. [L. cooptāre, -ātum—co-, together, optāre, to choose.]
