Term: co-option: the act of appointing summarily (with or without the appointee's consent)
Candidate hypernym: action: something done (usually as opposed to something said) → 1
Candidate hypernym: schoolgirl: a girl attending school → 0
Candidate hypernym: spectroscope: an optical instrument for spectrographic analysis → 0
Candidate hypernym: cutting: a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting → 0
Candidate hypernym: myxine: type genus of the Myxinidae (typical hagfishes) → 0
Candidate hypernym: usuli: a religious movement by Persian Shiite Muslims in 17th century Iran that is opposed to the Akhbari → 0
Candidate hypernym: back exercise: exercise designed to strengthen the back muscles → 0
Candidate hypernym: informing: a speech act that conveys information → 0
Candidate hypernym: colchicum: chiefly fall-blooming perennial cormous herbs; sometimes placed in family Colchicaceae → 0
Candidate hypernym: heaven: the abode of God and the angels → 0
Candidate hypernym: vigilantism: the actions of a vigilance committee in trying to enforce the laws → 0