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optate(dictionary)

co-optate (iou)



co-optate verb trans. Now rare. Also *co?ptate. E17.
[Latin cooptat- pa. ppl stem of cooptare: see CO-OPT, -ATE3.]
= CO-OPT. Formerly more widely, elect, choose, admit to a body.
co-optative adjective = CO-OPTIVE L19.