co-opt -
choose or elect as a fellow member or colleague; "The church members co-opted individuals from similar backgrounds to replenish the congregation"
elect choose; "I elected to have my funds deposited automatically"
co-opt -
take or assume for one's own use; "He co-opted the criticism and embraced it"
accept,
take tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies"
co-opt -
neutralize or win over through assimilation into an established group; "We co-opted the independent minority tribes by pulling them into the Northern Alliance"
neutralize make chemically neutral; "She neutralized the solution"
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Verb
co-opt -
To elect as a fellow member of a group, such as a committee.
