The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
CONSOCIATING
Verb
consociating
present participle of consociate
Source: Wiktionary
CONSOCIATE
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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