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Associate   /əsˈoʊsiət/  /əsˈoʊsiˌeɪt/  /əsˈoʊʃiət/  /əsˈoʊʃiˌeɪt/   Listen
verb
Associate  v. t.  (past & past part. associated; pres. part. associating)  
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."
4.
To accompany; to keep company with. (Obs.) "Friends should associate friends in grief and woe."


Associate  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.


noun
Associate  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."
Synonyms: Companion; mate; fellow; friend; ally; partner; coadjutor; comrade; accomplice.


adjective
Associate  adj.  
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."
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.





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"Associate" Quotes from Famous Books



... talents which make what we call the clever man. Therefore the inventor should ally himself with some person of talent and energy, but no invention. Thus supported, he can have his fits of abstraction, his headaches, his heartaches, his exultations, his depressions, and no harm done; his dogged associate will plow steadily on all the time. So, after all, your requiring capital is no great misfortune; you must look out for a working capitalist. No sleeping partner will serve your turn; what you want is a good rich, vulgar, energetic man, the ...
— Put Yourself in His Place • Charles Reade
... naturally decreased by avoiding such food and drinks as have nerve weakening or stimulating influences, or a tendency to stir up the passions, the impulses and the emotions; it is a very good practice to watch and associate with those persons that are steady, calm, controlled ...
— The Power of Concentration • Theron Q. Dumont
... silent gentry who brew our Chartreuse; what are they in retirement for? Looking back into history, with the glow of discovery in my eyes, I find records of wise men—everyone acknowledged they were wise men—who lived apart. In every age the same associate of solitude, silence, and wisdom. The holy hermits!... I grant it, they professed to flee wickedness and seek after righteousness, but now my impression is that they fled bothers. We all know they had an intense aversion to any savour of domesticity, and they never ...
— Certain Personal Matters • H. G. Wells
... to tell her," he muttered hoarsely, "that I'm in eclipse. That the fellows have voted that I am not a fit associate ...
— Dick Prescotts's Fourth Year at West Point - Ready to Drop the Gray for Shoulder Straps • H. Irving Hancock
... because the Americans respect history, and associate us with the great deeds of mutual ancestors. It is the romance of tradition that interests them; for they are great readers, these Americans, and know more of us, as a people, than we do of ourselves. We represent the warriors and the statesmen which they have clothed in the poetry of great ...
— The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals • Ann S. Stephens


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