cooperate
coo·pe·rate
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”
Origin
Originated 1595-1605 from Late Latin cooperātus, perfect passive participle of cooperor (“to work with”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more. Equivalent to co- + operate. Displaced native Old English efnwyrċan.
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