cooptate

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/ˌkəʊˈɒp.teɪt/

verb

To choose; to elect.

OriginLatin cooptātus →
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Meanings

verbcooptate (third-person singular simple present cooptates, present participle cooptating, simple past and past participle cooptated)

present singular third person cooptates · participle present cooptating · participle past cooptated · past cooptated

  1. obsoleteTo choose; to elect.

    the Gentiles shall be cooptated with the Israelites

    1681, Christopher Jelinger, Sacra Unio

Origin

  1. Latincooptātus
  2. Englishcooptate

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin cooptātus, perfect passive participle of cooptō (“to elect”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from co- + optō (“to choose”).

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APA

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Chicago

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