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combine verb1. LME.
[Old French combiner or late Latin combinare join two by two, formed as COM- + bini two at a time.]
verb trans. Unite, join together; associate (persons etc.) in a joint action, feeling, etc. LME.
James Mill A sense of common danger might..combine them in operations of defence.
b. Cause to coalesce or form one body; Chemistry cause to enter into combination. L18.
c. Possess or show (esp. disparate qualities or features) at the same time. E19.
W. S. Maugham She combined great good nature with a proper degree of toughness.
verb trans. Bind by oath. Cf. COMBINATE 2. rare (Shakes.). Only in E17.
Shakespeare Measure for Measure For my poor self, I am combined by a sacred vow, and shall be absent.
verb intrans. Unite together for a common purpose; form an association, esp. for some economic, social, or political objective. E17.
G. B. Shaw When wolves combine to kill a horse.
verb intrans. Come together in one body, coalesce; Chemistry unite to form a compound, enter into combination. E18.
combining weight Chemistry the equivalent of an element.
combinement noun = COMBINATION noun E17-E19.
combiner noun (a) a conspirator; (b) a person who or thing which combines: E16.