Hypertext Webster Gateway: "associated"
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)
Associated \As*so"ci*a`ted\, a.
Joined as a companion; brought into association;
accompanying; combined.
{Associated movements} (Physiol.), consensual movements which
accompany voluntary efforts without our consciousness.
--Dunglison.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
associated
adj 1: associated with or accompanying; "Christmas and associated
festivities" [syn: {connected}]
2: joined in some kind of relationship (as a colleague or ally
or companion etc.);"a cabal of associated lawyers"
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