Consociate

//kənˈsəʊsiət// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An associate; an accomplice. obsolete

    "[I]f his juſt hand ſhall ſvveep us avvay in the company of our vvicked conſociates, vve have reaſon to thank none but our ſelves for our ſufferings."

Verb
  1. 1
    To associate, partner, or join (with). intransitive, obsolete

    "In the first place therefore, it cannot but amuse a mans mind to think what these officious Spirits should be that so willingly sometimes offer themselves to consociate with a man: […]"

  2. 2
    bring or come into association or action wordnet
  3. 3
    To form an alliance, confederacy, or relationship with; to bring together; to join; to unite, usually figuratively. obsolete, transitive

    "Join pole to pole, consociate severed worlds."

  4. 4
    To unite in an ecclesiastical consociation. US

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin cōnsociātus, past participle of cōnsociō (“to associate, unite”).

Etymology 2

From Latin cōnsociātus, past participle of cōnsociō (“to associate, unite”).

Etymology 3

From Latin cōnsociātus, past participle of cōnsociō (“to associate, unite”).

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