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co-opt", co*&ö;pt" (?), v. t. [See Co&ö;ptate. Cf. F. coopter.] To choose or elect in concert with another. [R.]
[1913 Webster]

Each of the hundred was to co&ö;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]