connection, connexion (nection or nexion as nekshun)

[ Fr.connexion; Ital. connes sione, from Lat.connexio a joining together, from connexus, pa. par. of connecto = to join or link together.] [CONNECT.] 1. The act of uniting, joining, or linking together. "So much good method and connection may Improve the common and the plainest things." Roscommon: Horace; Art of Poetry. 2. That which unites, joins, or links two things together; a bond, a union. 3. The state or condition of being connected or united; kinship, a ociation, alliance. "My heart, which by a secret harmony Still moves with thine, join'd in connexion sweet." Milton: P. L., x. 4. A relationship, as the connection of cause and effect. 5. One who is brought into a state of relationship by marriage. 6. Sexual intercourse. 7. Character, surroundings; all matters connected with any person. ". whose names, faces, connections, and characters were perfectly known to him Eng ., ch. xiii. ."-Macaulay: Hist. 8. An intimacy, a friendship, an a ociation. "There form connexions, but acquire no friend." Cowper: Task, bk. ii. 9. A party or number of persons of the same views or principles. "He had long been at the head of a strong parliamentary connection." -Macaulay: Hist. Eng ., ch. iv. 10. A religious body. 11. A number of customers or clients; a busine , In this connection: In connection with this sub ject. ( United States.) For the difference between connection and inter course, see INTERCOURSE.