Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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"We should have fraternized more this week," smiled Ida, regretting that she hadn't thought of it before.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
"And Perch and Hercules seem to have fraternized," said Toney.
From The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts by George Yellott
But the French and the Americans have fraternized; a thousand francs shall be deducted.
From The Potiphar Papers by George William Curtis
Science and Common Sense at last have fraternized, and work together hand in hand.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 by Various
