fraternize

[ frat-er-nahyz ]

/ ˈfræt ərˌnaɪz /

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verb (used without object), frat·er·nized, frat·er·niz·ing.

to associate in a fraternal or friendly way.

to associate cordially or intimately with natives of a conquered country, enemy troops, etc.

verb (used with object), frat·er·nized, frat·er·niz·ing.

Archaic. to bring into fraternal association or sympathy.

OTHER WORDS FOR fraternize

1 socialize, mingle, mix, consort, hobnob.

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Also especially British, frat·er·nise .

Origin of fraternize

First recorded in 1605–15; from French fraterniser, from Medieval Latin frāternizāre; see fraternal, -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM fraternize

frat·er·ni·za·tion

[frat-er-nahy-zey-shuhn], /ˌfræt ərˌnaɪˈzeɪ ʃən/, nounfrat·er·niz·er, nounun·frat·er·nized, adjectiveun·frat·er·niz·ing, adjective

Words nearby fraternize

fraternal society, fraternal twin, fraternity, fraternity house, fraternization, fraternize, fratricidal, fratricide, fratry, Frau, fraud

How to use fraternize in a sentence

The RA, Axley said, told her not to report it, saying Axley could be found to have violated the school’s prohibition against drinking and fraternizing with the opposite sex.
“The Liberty Way”: How Liberty University Discourages and Dismisses Students’ Reports of Sexual Assaults|by Hannah Dreyfus, photography by Sarah Blesener for ProPublica|October 24, 2021|ProPublica
That’s in part because office culture rewarded long hours as well as hours after work fraternizing with bosses while a partner helped out at home.
For women, remote work is a blessing and a curse|Rani Molla|July 13, 2021|Vox
They also forbid any US citizen to fraternize or associate with the group.
The Yakuza Olympics|Jake Adelstein|February 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Maybe Margaret would like to fraternize with Mr. Gerald who seems to have the same ideas.
A Real-Life ‘Downton Abbey’ Affair|Margaret Powell|January 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST

It was then voted, and with enthusiasm, that the Convention should go out and fraternize with the multitude.
Madame Roland, Makers of History|John S. C. Abbott
Such a wonderful spirit among the militia; perhaps the soldiers will fraternize with the strikers.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist|Alexander Berkman
I shall fraternize with most of them—I shall be one of them almost immediately.
The Adventures of a Widow|Edgar Fawcett
Thurstan tried to protest and Jacob to fraternize, but all was useless.
The Bondman|Hall Caine
Even the oppression of the masses has itself caused the oppressed to fraternize among themselves.
Anarchy|Errico Malatesta

British Dictionary definitions for fraternize

fraternize

fraternise

/ (ˈfrætəˌnaɪz) /

verb

(intr often foll by with) to associate on friendly terms

Derived forms of fraternize

fraternization or fraternisation, nounfraternizer or fraterniser, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for fraternize

fraternise

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