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   co-opt, coöpt , v. t. [See Cooptate. Cf. F. coopter.] To choose or elect in concert with another. [R.]
   1913 Webster
   Each of the hundred was to coopt three others.
   Jowett (Thucyd.).
   
   1913 Webster
   To choose or elect as a colleague or fellow member of a group; as, The church members co-opted individuals from similar backgrounds to replenish the congregation.
   PJC
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   WordNet 1.5
   To assimilate (a smaller group) into a larger group.
   PJC
   To persuade an opponent to join one's own side.
   PJC
   To appoint summarily (with or without the appointee's consent).
   WordNet 1.5
   To appropriate (something rightly belonging to another) as one's own; to preempt; as, to co-opt someone's name.
   PJC