consociate

[ adjective noun kuhn-soh-shee-it, -eyt, -see-; verb kuhn-soh-shee-eyt, -see- ]

adjective

, con·so·ci·at·ed, con·so·ci·at·ing.

1. associate.

consociate

verb

1. to enter into or bring into friendly association

adjective

1. associated or united

noun

1. an associate or partner

Derived Forms

• conˌsociˈation, noun

Other Words From

• uncon·soci·ated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of consociate¹

1425–75; late Middle English (adj.) < Latin consociātus (past participle of consociāre to bring into partnership), equivalent to con- con- + soci ( us ) fellow, partner + -ātus -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of consociate¹

C16: from Latin consociāre, from socius partner

Example Sentences

Let us then try what the consociate, or universal family will produce.

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Who can say how profoundly and intimately the underlying and hitherto undiscovered Laws of Speech may be consociated with the basic Principles of all truth embedded in the Wisdom-Nature of God himself?

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Individuals embarked in various enterprises; now no longer consociated with others in mutual coöperation, but for their individual benefit.

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The reason is that they are consociated according to discrete, not according to continuous degrees.

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I perceived that a multitude of spirits who were consociated with them, was behind, a little to the left, in the plane of the occiput.

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Related Words

• companion
• comrade
• disciple
• follower