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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.
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              O chief! in blood, and now in arms allied. --Pope.
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     2. To connect or form a relation between by similitude,
        resemblance, friendship, or love.
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              These three did love each other dearly well,
              And with so firm affection were allied. --Spenser.
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              The virtue nearest to our vice allied. --Pope.
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     Note: Ally is generally used in the passive form or
           reflexively.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Allied \Al*lied"\, a.
     United; joined; leagued; akin; related. See {Ally}.
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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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