CONSOCIATE

consociate, associate

(verb) bring or come into association or action; “The churches consociated to fight their dissolution”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

consociate (plural consociates)

(obsolete) An associate; an accomplice.

Verb

consociate (third-person singular simple present consociates, present participle consociating, simple past and past participle consociated)

(obsolete, intransitive) to associate, partner

(obsolete, transitive) To bring into alliance, confederacy, or relationship; to bring together; to join; to unite.

(US) To unite in an ecclesiastical consociation.

Anagrams

• ecoactions

Source: Wiktionary


Con*so"ci*ate, n. Etym: [L. nsociatus, p.p. of consociare to associate, unite; con- + sociare to join, unite. See Social.]

Definition: An associate; an accomplice. [Archaic] "Wicked consociates." Bp. Hall.

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.] Join pole to pole, consociate severed worlds. Mallet.

2. To unite in an ecclesiastical consociation. [U.S.]

Con*so"ci*ate, v. i.

1. To be allied, confederated, or associated; to coalescence. [R.] Bentley.

2. To form an ecclesiastical consociation. [U.S.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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