associate (or ci as shi)

& s. [From Lat, as soc i at us, pa. par. of a ocio: ad = to, and socio to unite together; socius = a partner, a companion.] A. As adjective: I. Ordinary Language: 1. Of persons: (a) United in interest or for the prosecution of a common purpose; confederate. "Amphinomus survey'd th' a ociate band." Pope: Homer's Ody ey, bk. xvi. 367. (b) United with another in office; sharing with another a common office; as "an a ociate judge." 2. Of things : Acting in common, exerting a sympathetic influence on each other. [Β . ] II. Technically (Med.): Connected by habit or sympathy, as a ociate motions, such as occur sympathetically in consequence of preceding motions. ( The elder Darwin .) ( Web ster's Dict.) IMG:content-0823.png:[blocks in formation] (2) A partner in some office or enterprise. (a) In a good, or at least an indifferent sense: A comrade, a partner, . "I call'd my fellows, and these words addre 'd: My dear a ociates, here indulge your rest." Pope : Homer's Ody ey, bk. ix., 199, 200, (b) In a bad sense : An accomplice. "Their le scrupulous a ociates complained bitterly that the good cause was betrayed."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng . , ch. xv. 2. Of things : A concomitant. "Good health, and, its a ociate in the most, Good temper.' Cowper: Task , bk. 1. B. Technically : One who holds a certain honorary title in connection with the Royal Academy or any similar institution. The dignity of a ociate is inferior to that of academician. Its abbreviation is A. A.R.A. is A ociate of the Royal Academy; A.R.S. A. is (1) A ociate of the Royal Society of Arts, or (2) A ociate of the Royal Scottish Academy. as-so-çi-ā-těd (or ci as shí), pa. par. & a. [ASSOCIATE, V.] "With strictly social animals the feeling will be more or le extended to all the a ociated member a." -Darwin: Descent of Man , pt, i., ch. iii.