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cooperate(2)(dictionary)
cooperate(dictionary)

cooperate(2) (iou)



cooperate verb intrans. Also co-operate. L16.
[ecclesiastical Latin cooperat- pa. ppl stem of cooperari, formed as CO- + operari OPERATE: see -ATE3.]
Of things: concur in producing an effect. L16.
Of people: work together for the same purpose or in the same task. Of an individual: act jointly with or with another (in a task, (arch.) to an end); participate in a joint or mutual enterprise. E17.
C. Odets We want to make your boy famous, a millionaire, but he won't let uswon't co-operate D. May The French Vichy government..co-operated erratically with the Germans.
Practise economic or industrial cooperation. E19.