6 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Ally \Al*ly"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Allied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Allying}.] [OE. alien, OF. alier, F. alier, fr. L. alligare to bind to; ad + ligare to bind. Cf. {Alligate}, {Alloy}, {Allay}, {Ligament}.] 1. To unite, or form a connection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confederacy; -- often followed by to or with. [1913 Webster] O chief! in blood, and now in arms allied. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. To connect or form a relation between by similitude, resemblance, friendship, or love. [1913 Webster] These three did love each other dearly well, And with so firm affection were allied. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] The virtue nearest to our vice allied. --Pope. [1913 Webster] Note: Ally is generally used in the passive form or reflexively. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Allied \Al*lied"\, a. United; joined; leagued; akin; related. See {Ally}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: ally n 1: a friendly nation 2: an associate who provides assistance; "he's a good ally in fight"; "they were friends of the workers" [syn: {friend}] [ant: {foe}] v : become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage; "He allied himself with the Communists" [also: {allied}] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: allied adj 1: related by common characteristics or ancestry; "allied species"; "allied studies" 2: united in a confederacy or league [syn: {confederate}, {confederative}] 3: joined by treaty or agreement From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: allied See {ally} From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 98 Moby Thesaurus words for "allied": affiliate, affiliated, affinitive, agnate, akin, assembled, associate, associated, avuncular, banded together, bound, bracketed, cabalistic, closely related, cognate, collateral, collected, confederate, confederated, congeneric, congenerous, congenial, conjoined, conjugate, connate, connatural, connected, consanguine, consanguinean, consanguineous, conspecific, conspiratorial, copulate, corporate, correlated, correlative, coupled, distantly related, enate, enleagued, federate, federated, foster, gathered, german, germane, hand-in-glove, hand-in-hand, implicated, in cahoots, in league, in partnership, in with, incident, incorporated, integrated, interlinked, interlocked, interrelated, intimate, involved, joined, kindred, knotted, leagued, linked, married, matched, mated, matrilateral, matrilineal, matroclinous, merged, novercal, of that ilk, of that kind, of the blood, paired, parallel, partners with, patrilateral, patrilineal, patroclinous, related, sib, sibling, similar, spliced, teamed, tied, twinned, undivided, united, unseparated, uterine, wed, wedded, yoked
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