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coöptation

coöptation noun: dated spelling of cooptation.

Noun

coöptation (uncountable)

  1. Dated spelling of cooptation.
    • It may be observed that the draft rules make no provision for coöptation, an arrangement that appears nevertheless in the rules of many local associations.1908, Abbott Lawrence Lowell, The Government of England, page 481

Questions about coöptation

What does coöptation mean?
Coöptation means dated spelling of cooptation.
What part of speech is coöptation?
Coöptation is a noun.

Words near coöptation in the dictionary

  1. coöperative
  2. coöperatively
  3. coöperator
  4. coöperators
  5. coöpt
  6. coöptation
  7. coördinate
  8. coördinated
  9. coördinately
  10. coördinateness
  11. coördinates

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