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v. Present participle of coopt.

"* Humans can do some things that evolution does not, such as coopting a pattern from one substrate to an entirely new one in a single step, or simulating design improvements without building prototypes."

coopted    coopting    coopts   

Copt    compt    coop    coops    coot