Associate

as-sō′shi-āt, v.t. to join with, as a friend or partner: to unite in the same body.— v.i. to keep company ( with ): to combine or unite.— ns. A ociabil′ity , A ō′ciablene .— adjs. A ō′ciable , that may be joined or a ociated: sociable: companionable; A ō′ciate , joined or connected with.— n. one joined or connected with another: a companion, friend, partner, or ally.— ns. A ō′ciateship , office of an a ociate; A ociā′tion , act of a ociating: union or combination: a society of persons joined together to promote some object.— adj. A ō′ciātive , tending to a ociation.— A ociation football , the game as formulated by the Football A ociation (formed in 1863).— A ociation (of Ideas) , applied to laws of mental combination which facilitate recollection: similarity: contiguity, repetition. [L. a ociātum , a ociāre — ad , to socius , a companion.]