cooperate

i. [Pref. co = con = with, and Lat, operatus, pa. par. of operor = to work; opus = work; Ital. cooper are; Sp.cooperar; Fr. coopérer.] 1. Of persons: To act or operate conjointly with others for a common end; to labor in conjunction for the promotion of the common advantage. whose hard fate it has been to coöperate with Spaniards."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. xx. 2. Of things : To concur or unite in producing the same effect, or in promoting the same object. (Generally followed by with before the person or thing a isted.) "Nature and habit coöperating Hist. Eng., ch. xxiii. "-Macaulay: IMG:content-0889.png:[blocks in formation] "Bring all your lutes and harps of heav'n and earth; Whate'er cooperates to the common mirth." Crashaw: The Name above Every Name . co-op-er-at-ing, pr . par . , a . & 8. [COOPERATE.] A. & B. As pr . par . & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of laboring together with others for a common end; cooperation.