单词 | co-optate |
释义 | co-optatev. archaic. = co-opt v.; but formerly less definitely = To choose or elect to an office, into a body, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > choose for office [verb (transitive)] > elect by existing members co-optate1623 co-opt1651 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Cooptate, to chuse. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Co-optate, to elect or chuse. 1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. Co-optate, to choose. Derivatives co-ˈoptated adj. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > [adjective] > electing or elected by existing members co-optative1874 co-opting1875 co-opted1881 co-optated1882 co-optive1894 1882 W. S. Jevons Methods Soc. Reform 75 The co-optated trustees. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < v.1623 |
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