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co-operant, a. and n.|kəʊˈɒpərənt|
[ad. L. cooperānt-em (Vulgate), pr. pple. of cooperārī to co-operate.]
A. adj. Working together or to the same end; co-operating.
1598J. Dickenson Greene in Conc. (1878) 111 Haue not Planets their coniunctions, the elements their mixtures, both their cooperant motions? 1678Bp. Nicholson Exp. Catech. 60 The Donation of Heavenly Grace prevenient, subsequent, excitant, adjuvant, or co-operant. 1884A. M. Fairbairn in Contemp. Rev. Mar. 369 Co-operant factors of human progress and happiness.
B. n. A co-operating agent or factor.
1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 383/2 Y⊇ sacrament doth nothing worke, nor is no cause thereof nor cooperant therto. 1874Lewes Probl. Life & M. I. 127 A necessary cooperant. |