† associev.
Obsolete.
Early equivalent of associate v.
1. transitive. To unite, place, or bring (a person or oneself) into companionship or alliance with another; = associate v. 1, 3.
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society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > associate with [verb (transitive)] > join persons together in association
samc1175
join1297
associec1380
companiona1616
to throw together1772
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. (1871) III. 329 He is irreguler þat sittiþ in place as associed wiþ þe domesman.
1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) 1 Kings xxii. 50 (margin) Josephat nolde be assossied with him..in nauey.
1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys 97 He..assocyied hym on to ther cumpanye.
1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxxi. 212 Robert..assocyed vnto hym Syr Rogger the Mortimer.
2. intransitive. To enter into confederacy; = associate v. 3.
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society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > associate for common purpose [verb (intransitive)]
jousta1325
ally?a1400
joinc1400
associe1441
confederc1460
to stick together1525
band1530
to join forces1560
colleaguec1565
alliance1569
to enter league1578
unite1579
interleague1590
confederate1591
to join hands1598
combine1608
injointa1616
combinda1626
bandy1633
comply1646
federate1648
leaguea1649
associate1653
coalesce1657
to understand each other1663
sociate1688
to row in the same (also in one) boat1787
rendezvous1817
to make common cause (with)1845
to sing the same song1846
cahoot1857
to gang up1910
jungle1922
1441 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) Introd. 57 They had assocyed to the number of dcc persons or thereabouts.
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