(v) choose or elect as a fellow member or colleague, Example:The church members co-opted individuals from similar backgrounds to replenish the congregation

co-opt

(v) neutralize or win over through assimilation into an established group, Example:We co-opted the independent minority tribes by pulling them into the Northern Alliance

co-opt

(v) appoint summarily or commandeer, Example:The army tried to co-opt peasants into civil defence groups

co-opt

(v) take or assume for one's own use, Example:He co-opted the criticism and embraced it

co-option

(n) the selection of a new member (usually by a vote of the existing membership), Syn. co-optation

co-option

(n) the act of appointing summarily (with or without the appointee's consent), Syn. co-optation

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

coopt

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 ]

2. 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 + WordNet 1.5 ]

3. To assimilate (a smaller group) into a larger group. [ PJC ]

4. To persuade an opponent to join one's own side. [ PJC ]

5. To appoint summarily (with or without the appointee's consent). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

6. To appropriate (something rightly belonging to another) as one's own; to preempt; as, to co-opt someone's name. [ PJC ]

co-option

n. same as co-optation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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[ごせん, gosen] (n, vs) mutual election; co-opting; (P)

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