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by proof. Such convincing proofs and assurances of it as might enable them to convince others. Atterbury.

To act or operate jointly with another or others; to concur in action, effort, or effect. Whate'er coöperates to the common mirth. Crashaw.

One who labors jointly with others to promote the same end. "Coöperators with the truth." Boyle.

To choose or elect in concert with another. [R.] Each of the hundred was to coöpt three others. Jowett (Thysyd. ).

One who has an equal portion with others of an inheritance. All the coparceners together make but one heir, and have but one estate among them. blackstone.

A children's game in which one player is inclosed by a circle of others holding a rope.

A hornlike tuft of feathers on the head of some birds.

Having the coronal feathers lengthened or otherwise distinguished; -- said of birds.

ny, by which a person is disabled from inheriting any estate or from transmitting it to others. Corruption of blood can be removed only by act of Parliament. Blackstone.

One who coshers.

Signing some important public document with another or with others; as, a treaty violated by one of the cosignitary powers.

Thales, Anaxagoras, and Plato. The cosmogony or creation of the world has puzzled philosophers of all ages. Goldsmith.

nd the earth. The name of this island is nowhere found among the old and ancient cosmographers. Robynson (More's Utopia).

le, large and round like the head. Some [apples] consist more of air than water . . . ; others more of water than wind, as your costards and pomewaters. Muffett.

, Eng.; -- so called from the Cotswold Hills. The breed is now chiefly amalgamated with others.

ortrayed. Look here upon this picture, and on this-The counterfeit presentment of two brothers. Shak.

ually fleurs-de-lis) so divided that the tops appear on one side and the bottoms on the others; -- said of any ordinary.

To seal or ratify with another or others. Shak.

Pertaining, or peculiar, to one's own country. She, bowing herself towards him, laughing the cruel tyrant to scorn, spake in her country language. 2 Macc. vii. 27.

A woman who prostitutes herself for hire; a prostitute; a harlot. Lasciviously decked like a courtesan. Sir H. Wotton.