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, 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.
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.
- (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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
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Italian
Verb
consociate
- inflection of consociare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
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Latin
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