[n. of action, f. L. collabōrāre to COLLABORATE: prob. immediately from French.] United labor, co-operation; esp. in literary, artistic or scientific work.
1860. C. Reade, Eighth Commandm., 374. It is plain that collaboration was not less … than it now is in France.
1889. Spectator, 19 Oct., 522/1. Improvised by that fertile writer, in collaboration with MM. Arsène Houssaye and Verteuil.
