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cooptation
co-optation
,coˊöp-ta′tion
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)
- 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.
- 1908, Abbott Lawrence Lowell, The Government of England, page #481: