Definition of collaborate

Jay and all,
According to the online Merriam-Webster Dictionary the etymology of collaborative is: "Late Latin collaboratus, past participle of collaborare to labor together, from Latin com- + laborare to labor"

I think what we are doing is well described by "to labor together."

It also lists the following three possible definitions of which #1 & #3 are applicable to our process:

"1 : to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor
2 : to cooperate with or willingly assist an enemy of one's country and especially an occupying force
3 : to cooperate with an agency or instrumentality with which one is not immediately connected"

I don't think the second definition applies to us nor abrogates the functionality of "collaborates" as a good description of our process. I'd like to leave it in.
SeEtta Moss