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coöperate

coöperate verb: dated spelling of cooperate.

Verb

coöperate (third-person singular simple present coöperates, present participle coöperating, simple past and past participle coöperated)

  1. Dated spelling of cooperate.
    • The best progress is made by combining the practice of coöperation with the science of coöperation. They are one and inseparable to the fullest benefit. But the real way to coöperate is to coöperate.1891, Herbert Myrick, chapter 1, in How to Coöperate: The full fruits of labor to producer, honest value to consumer, just return to capital, prosperity to all. A manual for coöperators, New York...
    • Other bodies of Federal troops had advanced into Virginia to coöperate with the main force on the Peninsula. [...] This would completely insure the communications of his army from interruption; and it was no doubt expected that Generals Fremont and Banks would coöperate in the movement also.2007, John Esten Cooke, A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee, page 40

Forms of coöperate

third-person singular presentcoöperates
present participlecoöperating
past participlecoöperated
pastcoöperated

Questions about coöperate

What does coöperate mean?
Coöperate means dated spelling of cooperate.
What part of speech is coöperate?
Coöperate is a verb.
What is the past tense of coöperate?
The past tense of coöperate is coöperated.

Words near coöperate in the dictionary

  1. coöccurs
  2. coöfficial
  3. coöp
  4. coöperant
  5. coöperants
  6. coöperate
  7. coöperated
  8. coöperates
  9. coöperating
  10. coöperation
  11. coöperations

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