consociate
English
Etymology
Latin cōnsociātus, past participle of cōnsociō (“to associate, unite”).
Pronunciation
- (noun) IPA(key): /kənˈsəʊsiət/, /kənˈsəʊʃiət/
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- (verb) IPA(key): /kənˈsəʊsieɪt/, /kənˈsəʊʃieɪt/
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Noun
consociate (plural consociates)
- (obsolete) An associate; an accomplice.
- 1648, J[oseph] Hall, chapter XLIX, in Select Thoughts: Or, Choice Helps for a Pious Spirit. […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Brooke, […], published 1654, OCLC 1227561436, page 145:
- [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.
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Verb
consociate (third-person singular simple present consociates, present participle consociating, simple past and past participle consociated)
- (obsolete, intransitive) to associate, partner
- 1662, Henry More, "An Antidote Against Atheism", Book III, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 129:
- "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: […] "
- 1662, Henry More, "An Antidote Against Atheism", Book III, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 129:
- (obsolete, transitive) To bring into alliance, confederacy, or relationship; to bring together; to join; to unite.
- 1747, David Mallet, Amyntor and Theodora
- Join pole to pole, consociate severed worlds.
- 1747, David Mallet, Amyntor and Theodora
- (US) To unite in an ecclesiastical consociation.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for consociate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- cosonicate, ecoactions
Italian
Adjective
consociate
- feminine plural of consociato
Participle
consociate f pl
- feminine plural of consociato
Noun
consociate f
- plural of consociata
Verb
consociate
- inflection of consociare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Anagrams
- acetiscono, conosciate
Latin
Verb
cōnsociāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of cōnsociō