Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To choose conjointly; coöpt.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To choose; to elect; to coöpt.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb obsolete To choose; to elect.

Etymologies

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Latin coöptatus, past participle of coöptare to elect to something; co- + optare to choose.

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