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co-opt verb [ ˌkəʊˈɒpt ]

• appoint to membership of a committee or other body by invitation of the existing members.
• "the committee may co-opt additional members for special purposes"
Origin: mid 17th century: from Latin cooptare, from co- ‘together’ + optare ‘choose’.


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