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collaborate

col·la·bo·rate

UK/kəˈlæb.ə.ɹeɪt/ US/kəˈlæb.ɹeɪt/ uncommon

verb

1.

work together on a common enterprise of project

  • “The soprano and the pianist did not get together very well”
  • “We joined forces with another research group”
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2.

cooperate as a traitor

  • “he collaborated with the Nazis when they occupied Paris”

Origin

Back-formation from collaborator, from French collaborateur, or else modeled on French collaborer or directly from Late Latin collabōrātus, past participle of collabōrāre. Displaced native Old English efnwyrċan.

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