assonate (asonat)

i.; pret. and pp. as so nated, ppr. a onating. [ No way a orted to those with whom they must a ociate. Burke , Rev. in France. II. in trans. 1. To agree in sort or kind; be accordant or matched: as, the two kinds a ort well or ill.-2. To a ociate; consort. A ort no more with the menials of the godde . Bulwer . To some bishop we will wend, Of all the sins that we have done, To be a oiled at his hand. 31. To remove; dispel. Seeking him that should her paine a oyle . Spenser, F. Q., IV. v. 30. similarity; that is, ideas recall ideas which have occurred along with them, and also those which are similar to them. These are called the principles of objective and subjective a ociation. The doctrine of a ociation has played an important part in the history of modern English psychology and philosophy. The phrase, intrinsic and extrinsic a ociation, might be introduced very appropriately to distinguish a ociations founded intrinsic resemblances of mental from stain. Whate'er he be Can with unthankfulne a oil me, let him Dig out mine eyes, and sing my name in verse. Fletcher ( and another ), Queen of Corinth, iii. 1.