Consociate

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Consociate \Con*so"ci*ate\, v. i.
     1. To be allied, confederated, or associated; to coalescence.
        [R.] --Bentley.
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     2. To form an ecclesiastical consociation. [U.S.]


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Consociate \Con*so"ci*ate\, n. [L. consociatus, p. p. of
     consociare to associate, unite; con- + sociare to join,
     unite. See {Social}.]
     An associate; an accomplice. [Archaic] "Wicked consociates."
     --Bp. Hall.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Consociate \Con*so"ci*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Consociated};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Consociating}.]
     1. To bring into alliance, confederacy, or relationship; to
        bring together; to join; to unite. [R.]
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              Join pole to pole, consociate severed worlds.
                                                    --Mallet.
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     2. To unite in an ecclesiastical consociation. [U.S.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  consociate
       v : bring or come into association or action; "The churches
           consociated to fight their dissolution" [syn: {associate}]