Chapter Cony-catcher to Coördinate of C by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

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

Coöperative
(Co*öp"er*a*tive) a. Operating jointly to the same end.

Coöperative 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. — Coöperative store, a store established by a coöperative society, where the members make their purchases and share in the profits or losses.

Coöperator
(Co*öp"er*a`tor) n. [L.: cf. F. coopérateur.] One who labors jointly with others to promote the same end. "Coöperators with the truth." Boyle.

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

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

Coopery vessels made of wood.
Holland.

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

Coöpt
(Co*öpt") v. t. [See Coöptate. Cf. F. coopter.] To choose or elect in concert with another. [R.]

Each of the hundred was to coöpt three others.
Jowett

Coöptate
(Co*öp"tate) v. t. [L. coöptatus, p. p. of coötare to elect to something; co- + optare to choose.] To choose; to elect; to coöpt. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Coöptation
(Co`öp*ta"tion) n. [L. coöptatio.] The act of choosing; selection; choice. [Obs.]

The first election and coöptation of a friend.
Howell.

Coördain
(Co`ör*dain) v. t. To ordain or appoint for some purpose along with another.

Coördinance
(Co*ör"di*nance) n. Joint ordinance.

Coördinate
(Co*ör"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 coördinate powers presiding over each country.
Law.

Conjunctions joint sentences and coördinate terms.
Rev. R. Morris.

Coördinate adjectives, adjectives disconnected as regards one another, but referring equally to the same subject. — Coördinate conjunctions, conjunctions joining independent propositions. Rev. R. Morris.

Coördinate
(Co*ör"di*nate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coördinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Coördinating.]

1. To make coördinate; to put in the same order or rank; as, to coördinate 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 coördinate muscular movements.

Coördinate
(Co*ör"di*nate) n.