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Webster 1913 Edition


cooptation

co-optation

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coˊöp-ta′tion

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Noun.
[L.
cooptatio
.]
The act of choosing; selection; choice.
[Obs.]
The first election and
cooptation
of a friend.
Howell.

Definition 2024


coöptation

coöptation

See also: cooptation and co-optation

English

Noun

coöptation (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of cooptation
    • 1908, Abbott Lawrence Lowell, The Government of England, page #481:
      It may be observed that the draft rules make no provision for coöptation, an arrangement that appears nevertheless in the rules of many local associations.