cooptate

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English

Etymology

Latin cooptātus, past participle of cooptō (to elect); co- + optō (to choose).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkəʊˈɒp.teɪt/

Verb

cooptate (third-person singular simple present cooptates, present participle cooptating, simple past and past participle cooptated)

  1. (obsolete) To choose; to elect.
    • 1681, Christopher Jelinger, Sacra Unio:
      the Gentiles shall be cooptated with the Israelites

References

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

cooptate

  1. inflection of cooptare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

cooptate f pl

  1. feminine plural of cooptato

Latin

Verb

cooptāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of cooptō

Spanish

Verb

cooptate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of cooptar combined with te