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单词 co-optation
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co-optationn.

/kəʊɒpˈteɪʃən/
Etymology: < Latin cooptātiōn-em election, noun of action < cooptāre to co-opt v.
Election to vacancies in a body by the votes of the existing members; formerly, also less definitely, = Election, choice, adoption.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > [noun] > election by existing members of a body
co-optation1533
co-option1885
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) iii. 299 Thir new tribunis in coaptacioun, and chesing of thare collegis, usit the counsel of the Faderis.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. iv. iv. 142 By cooptation and election into the number of the Nobles, as being chosen either by the favour and grace of the Kings, or els by the peoples voices after the Kings were expelled.
1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ v. xxi. 25 This is true in the first election and co-optation of a friend.
1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness vii. ii. 283.
1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages I. ii. 171 The first six kings of this dynasty procured the co-optation of their sons, by having them crowned during their own lives.
1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. II. xvi. 327 The six electors added by cooptation fifteen others.
1883 M. Pattison Mem. (1885) 74 The co-optation of fellows into the society, or corporation, of a college.
1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. cii. 435 Boards..allowed to renew themselves by co-optation.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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