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Consociate
//kənˈsəʊsiət// adj, noun, verb
Definitions
Noun
- 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 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 bring or come into association or action wordnet
- 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 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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