consociate

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consociate

  • /kənˈsəʊsiət/
  • /kənˈsəʊʃiət/
  • /kənˈsəʊsieɪt/
  • /kənˈsəʊʃieɪt/

Where it comes from

From Latin cōnsociātus, past participle of cōnsociō (“to associate, unite”).

noun consociates

  1. obsolete An associate; an accomplice. [I]f his juſt hand ſhall ſvveep us avvay in the company of our vvicked conſociates, vve have reaſon to thank none but our ſelves for our ſufferings.

adjective

    verb consociates · consociating · consociated

    1. intransitive, obsolete To associate, partner, or join (with). In the first place therefore, it cannot but amuse a mans mind to think what these officious Spirits should be that so willingly sometimes offer themselves to consociate with a man: […]
    2. obsolete, transitive To form an alliance, confederacy, or relationship with; to bring together; to join; to unite, usually figuratively. Join pole to pole, consociate severed worlds.
    3. US To unite in an ecclesiastical consociation.

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