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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  co-opt \co-opt"\, coopt \co*["o]pt"\, v. t. [See Co["o]ptate.
     Cf. F. coopter.]
     To choose or elect in concert with another. [R.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Each of the hundred was to co["o]pt 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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Coopt \Co*["o]pt"\, v. t. [See Co["o]ptate. Cf. F. coopter.]
     To choose or elect in concert with another. [R.]
  
           Each of the hundred was to co["o]pt three others.
                                                    --Jowett
                                                    (Thysyd. ).

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  co-opt
       v 1: choose or elect as a fellow member or colleague; "The church
            members co-opted individuals from similar backgrounds to
            replenish the congregation"
       2: neutralize or win over through assimilation into an
          established group; "We co-opted the independent minority
          tribes by pulling them into the Northern Alliance"
       3: appoint summarily or commandeer; "The army tried to co-opt
          peasants into civil defence groups"
       4: take or assume for one's own use; "He co-opted the criticism
          and embraced it"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  co-opt
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 εκλέγω
     2 επιτάσσω
     3 ενσωματώνω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  co-opt
     vb.
     1 To elect as a fellow member of a group, such as a committee.
     2 To commandeer, appropriate or take over.
     3 To absorb or assimilate into an established group.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  coopt
     vb.
     (alternative spelling of en co-opt)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  co-opt
     vb.
     1 To elect as a fellow member of a group, such as a committee.
     2 To commandeer, appropriate or take over.
     3 To absorb or assimilate into an established group.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  coopt
     vb.
     (alternative spelling of en co-opt)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  co-opt
     vb.
     1 To elect as a fellow member of a group, such as a committee.
     2 To commandeer, appropriate or take over.
     3 To absorb or assimilate into an established group.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  coopt
     vb.
     (alternative spelling of en co-opt)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  co-opt
     vb.
     1 To elect as a fellow member of a group, such as a committee.
     2 To commandeer, appropriate or take over.
     3 To absorb or assimilate into an established group.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  coopt
     vb.
     (alternative spelling of en co-opt)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  co-opt
     Englanti vb.
     1 valita, ottaa jäsenekseen
     2 valita (kollegaksi, assistentiksi)
     3 (kuva) omia, ottaa omakseen; omaksua
     4 (kuva) voittaa puolelleen, neutraloida, mukauttaa, sopeuttaa

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  co-opt /kˈəʊˈɒpt/
  kooptovat

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  co-opt /kˈəʊˈɒpt/ 
  cyfetholi 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  co-opt /kˈəʊ ˈɒpt/ 
  kooptieren, zuwählen, hinzuwählen 
        "co-opting"  - kooptierend, zuwählend, hinzuwählend
        "co-opted"  - kooptiert, zugewählt, hinzugewählt

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  co-opt /kˈəʊ ˈɒpt/ 
  vereinnahmen 
        "co-opting"  - vereinnahmend
        "co-opted"  - vereinnahmt
     Synonyms: take, collect, coopt
  
   see: taking, collecting, taken, collected
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  coopt /kəʊˈɒpt/ 
  vereinnahmen 
     Synonyms: take, collect, co-opt
  
   see: taking, collecting, taken, collected
  

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  co-opt /kəʋɒpt/ 
  kooptuoti

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  co-opt /kəʊˈɒpt/ 
    dokooptowywać

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/koʊˈɑpt/

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

  co-opt
     vt. 由现会员选举,指派

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