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co-opt , co-opt / kōˈäpt; ˈkōˌäpt/ • v. [tr.] (often be co-opted) appoint to membership of a committee or other body by invitation of the existing members. ∎… Irene , IRENE
Costume Designer. Nationality: American. Born: Irene Lentz in Montana, 1901. Family: Married the screenwriter Elliot Gibbons. Career: 1932—firs… crooked , crook·ed / ˈkroŏkəd/ • adj. (crook·ed·er , crook·ed·est ) bent or twisted out of shape or out of place: his teeth were yellow and crooked. ∎ (of a sm… Consett , Co. • abbr. ∎ company: the Consett Iron Co. ∎ county: Hudson Co. PHRASES: and Co. used as part of the titles of commercial businesses to designate th… co-axial correlation , CO • abbr. ∎ Colorado (in official postal use). ∎ Commanding Officer. ∎ conscientious objector.
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A prefix that denotes jointness or the state of be… cosmography , cos·mog·ra·phy / käzˈmägrəfē/ • n. (pl. -phies) the science that deals with the general features of the universe, including the earth. The branches o…
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