the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > connect [verb (transitive)] > make continuous (with) > connect with continuity of substance (2)
transitive. With to, into, with. To join or fix (a material thing) to something else. Obsolete.
transferred and figurative. transitive. To cause to grow together or unite closely so as to become continuous.