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Co*÷p"er*ate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Co÷perated; p. pr. & vb. n. Co÷perating.] [L. co÷peratus, p. p. of co÷perari to co÷perate; co + operari to work, opus work. See Operate.] To act or operate jointly with another or others; to concur in action, effort, or effect.

Whate'er co÷perates to the common mirth. Crashaw.

Co*÷p`er*a"tion (?), n. [L. co÷peratio: cf. F. coopÚration.] 1. The act of co÷perating, or of operating together to one end; joint operation; concurrent effort or labor.

Not holpen by the co÷peration of angels. Bacon.

2. (Polit. Econ.) The association of a number of persons for their benefit.

Co*÷p"er*a*tive (?), a. Operating jointly to the same end.

Co÷perative society, a society established on the principle of a joint-stock association, for the production of commodities, or their purchase and distribution for consumption, or for the borrowing and lending of capital among its members. -- Co÷perative store, a store established by a co÷perative society, where the members make their purchases and share in the profits or losses.

Co*÷p"er*a`tor (?), n. [L.: cf. F. coopÚrateur.] One who labors jointly with others to promote the same end. "Co÷perators with the truth." Boyle.

Coop"er*ing (?), n. Work done by a cooper in making or repairing barrels, casks, etc.; the business of a cooper.

Coop"er*y, a. Relating to a cooper; coopered. [Obs.]

Coopery vessels made of wood. Holland.

Coop"er*y, n. The occupation of a cooper. Crabb.

Co*÷pt" (?), v. t. [See Co÷ptate. Cf. F. coopter.] To choose or elect in concert with another. [R.]

Each of the hundred was to co÷pt three others. Jowett (Thucyd.).

Co*÷p"tate (?), v. t. [L. co÷ptatus, p. p. of co÷tare to elect to something; co- + optare to choose.] To choose; to elect; to co÷pt. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Co`÷p*ta"tion (?), n. [L. co÷ptatio.] The act of choosing; selection; choice. [Obs.]

The first election and co÷ptation of a friend. Howell.

Co`÷r*dain (?), v. t. To ordain or appoint for some purpose along with another.

Co*÷r"di*nance (?), n. Joint ordinance.

Co*÷r"di*nate (?), a. [Pref. co- + L. ordinatus, p. p. of ordinare to regulate. See Ordain.] Equal in rank or order; not subordinate.

Whether there was one Supreme Governor of the world, or many co÷rdinate powers presiding over each country. Law.

Conjunctions joint sentences and co÷rdinate terms. Rev. R. Morris.

Co÷rdinate adjectives, adjectives disconnected as regards one another, but referring equally to the same subject. -- Co÷rdinate conjunctions, conjunctions joining independent propositions. Rev. R. Morris.

Co*÷r"di*nate (-nāt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Co÷rdinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Co÷rdinating.] 1. To make co÷rdinate; to put in the same order or rank; as, to co÷rdinate ideas in classification.

2. To give a common action, movement, or condition to; to regulate and combine so as to produce harmonious action; to adjust; to harmonize; as, to co÷rdinate muscular movements.

Co*÷r"di*nate (?), n. 1. A thing of the same rank with another thing; one two or more persons or things of equal rank, authority, or importance.

It has neither co÷rdinate nor analogon; it is absolutely one. Coleridge.

2. pl. (Math.) Lines, or other elements of reference, by means of which the position of any point, as of a curve, is defined with respect to certain fixed lines, or planes, called co÷rdinate axes and co÷rdinate planes. See Abscissa. &fist; Co÷rdinates are of several kinds, consisting in some of the different cases, of the following elements, namely: (a) (Geom. of Two Dimensions) The abscissa and ordinate of any point, taken together; as the abscissa PY and ordinate PX of the point P (Fig. 2, referred to the co÷rdinate axes AY and AX. (b) Any radius vector PA (Fig. 1), together with its angle of inclination to a fixed line, APX, by which any point A in the same plane is referred to that fixed line, and a fixed point in it, called the pole, P. (c) (Geom. of Three Dimensions) Any three lines, or distances, PB, PC, PD (Fig. 3), taken parallel to three co÷rdinate axes, AX, AY, AZ, and measured from the corresponding co÷rdinate fixed planes, YAZ, XAZ, XAY, to any point in space, P, whose position is thereby determined with respect to these planes and axes. (d) A radius vector, the angle which it makes with a fixed plane, and the angle which its projection on the plane makes with a fixed line line in the plane, by which means any point in space at the free extremity of the radius vector is referred to that fixed plane and fixed line, and a fixed point in that line, the pole of the radius vector.