[co-opt] vt [L cooptare, fr. co- + optare to choose] (1651) 1 a: to choose or elect as a member b: to appoint as a colleague or assistant
2. a: to take into a group (as a faction, movement, or culture): absorb, assimilate "the students are ~ed by a system they serve even in their struggle against it --A. C. Danto" b: take over, appropriate -- co-op.ta.tion n -- co-op.ta.tive adj -- co-op.tion n -- co-op.tive adj