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