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consociate

American  
[kuhn-soh-shee-it, -eyt, -see-, kuhn-soh-shee-eyt, -see-] / kənˈsoʊ ʃi ɪt, -ˌeɪt, -si-, kənˈsoʊ ʃiˌeɪt, -si- /

adjective

consociated, consociating
  1. associate.


consociate British  

verb

  1. to enter into or bring into friendly association

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adjective

  1. associated or united

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noun

  1. an associate or partner

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Other Word Forms

  • consociation noun
  • unconsociated adjective

Etymology

Origin of consociate

1425–75; late Middle English (adj.) < Latin consociātus (past participle of consociāre to bring into partnership), equivalent to con- con- + soci ( us ) fellow, partner + -ātus -ate 1

Example Sentences

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Let us then try what the consociate, or universal family will produce.

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Individuals embarked in various enterprises; now no longer consociated with others in mutual coöperation, but for their individual benefit.

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The reason is that they are consociated according to discrete, not according to continuous degrees.

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But to no one is it given to speak as a spirit with angels and spirits, unless he be of such a character that he can be consociated with angels as to faith and love.

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In cases of matrimony, in which the internal affections do not conjoin, there are external affections, which assume a semblance of the internal, and tend to consociate, n.

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