cooptate

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cooptate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cooptate \Co*["o]p"tate\, v. t. [L. cooptatus, p. p. of cootare
     to elect to something; co- + optare to choose.]
     To choose; to elect; to coopt. [Obs.] --Cockeram.
     [1913 Webster] co-optation