Hypertext Webster Gateway: "associate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Associate \As*so"ci*ate\, v. i.
1. To unite in company; to keep company, implying intimacy;
as, congenial minds are disposed to associate.
2. To unite in action, or to be affected by the action of a
different part of the body. --E. Darwin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Associate \As*so"ci*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Associated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Associating}.] [L. associatus, p. p. of
associare; ad + sociare to join or unite, socius companion.
See {Social}.]
1. To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or
confederate; as, to associate others with us in business,
or in an enterprise.
2. To join or connect; to combine in acting; as, particles of
gold associated with other substances.
3. To connect or place together in thought.
He succeeded in associating his name inseparably
with some names which will last as long as our
language. --Macaulay.
4. To accompany; to keep company with. [Obs.]
Friends should associate friends in grief and woe.
--Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Associate \As*so"ci*ate\, a. [L. associatus, p. p.]
1. Closely connected or joined with some other, as in
interest, purpose, employment, or office; sharing
responsibility or authority; as, an associate judge.
While I descend . . . to my associate powers.
--Milton.
2. Admitted to some, but not to all, rights and privileges;
as, an associate member.
3. (Physiol.) Connected by habit or sympathy; as, associate
motions, such as occur sympathetically, in consequence of
preceding motions. --E. Darwin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Associate \As*so"ci*ate\, n.
1. A companion; one frequently in company with another,
implying intimacy or equality; a mate; a fellow.
2. A partner in interest, as in business; or a confederate in
a league.
3. One connected with an association or institution without
the full rights or privileges of a regular member; as, an
associate of the Royal Academy.
4. Anything closely or usually connected with another; an
concomitant.
The one [idea] no sooner comes into the
understanding, than its associate appears with it.
--Locke.
Syn: Companion; mate; fellow; friend; ally; partner;
coadjutor; comrade; accomplice.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
associate
adj : having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status;
"an associate member"; "an associate professor" [syn: {associate(a)}]
n 1: a person who joins with others in some activity; "he had to
consult his associate before continuing"
2: a person who is frequently in the company of another;
"drinking companions"; "comrades in arms" [syn: {companion},
{comrade}, {fellow}, {familiar}]
3: any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected
with another; "first was the lightning and then its
thunderous associate"
4: a degree granted by a two-year college on successful
completion of the undergraduates course of studies [syn: {associate
degree}]
v 1: make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these
two pieces of evidence in my mind" [syn: {tie in}, {relate},
{link}, {link up}, {connect}] [ant: {dissociate}]
2: keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with
strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues"
[syn: {consort}, {affiliate}, {assort}]
3: bring or come into friendly association; "The churches
consociated to fight their dissolution" [syn: {consociate}]
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