"cooptate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˌkəʊˈɒp.teɪt/ Forms: cooptates [present, singular, third-person], cooptating [participle, present], cooptated [participle, past], cooptated [past]
Etymology: Latin cooptātus, past participle of cooptō (“to elect”); co- + optō (“to choose”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|cooptātus}} Latin cooptātus Head templates: {{en-verb}} cooptate (third-person singular simple present cooptates, present participle cooptating, simple past and past participle cooptated)
  1. (obsolete) To choose; to elect. Tags: obsolete

Inflected forms

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