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associate(2)(dictionary)
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Associate(medicine)
associate 1, verb(dictionary)
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associate 3, adjective(dictionary)
associate 2, noun(dictionary)

associate(2) (iou)



associate verb. LME.
[Latin associat- pa. ppl stem of associare, from ad AS-1 + socius sharing, allied: see -ATE3.]
verb trans. Join, unite, ally, (persons; oneself or another with, (arch.) to another or others, in, to a common purpose, action, or condition); declare (oneself) in agreement with. LME.
Swift None but papists are associated against him. D. Hume The troops..associating to them all the disorderly people. E. A. Freeman Arnulf associated his son with him in his government. Gladstone It is for me..to associate myself with the answer previously given by the Under-Secretary.
b. Elect as an associate member. E19.
Southey He..was associated to the royal Academy there.
verb trans. Join oneself to (a person); accompany; keep company with. M16-M17.
J. Marbeck Therfore shal man leaue father and mother and associate his wife. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet A barefoot brother..to associate me, Here in this city visiting the sick.
verb trans.
a. gen. Join, combine, (things together; one thing with, to another or others). Chiefly refl. or in pass. arch. L16.
A. Bain The muscles..act in groups, being associated together by the organization of the nervous centres. T. H. Huxley This vapour is intimately associated with the other constituents of the atmosphere.
b. spec. Connect as an idea (with, to). M18.
A. S. Neill The children will leave electric lights on because they do not associate light with electricity bills. Jennie Melville She associated love and pain.
verb trans. Of things: accompany, join. L16-L17.
T. Heywood Those torturing pangues That should associate death.
verb intrans. Combine for a common purpose; keep company, have frequent dealings, with. M17.
Burke When bad men combine, good men must associate. D. Runyon As a rule I do not care to associate with coppers, because it arouses criticism from other citizens.
associater noun (rare) = associator E17.
associator noun a person who or thing which associates; an associate; a confederate: L17.
associatory adjective having the quality of associating L19.