associability (asoshiabiliti)

[ The a ociability of feelings with those of their own kind, group within group, corresponds to the general arrangement of nervous structures into great divisions and sub-divisions. H. Spencer , Prin. of Psychol., § 116. 2. In pathol., the property of suffering changes by sympathy, or of being affected by the condition of other parts of the body. L. as if * a ociabilis, Different cla es of relations [feelings] were observed to be revivable in different degrees, which implies that, other things equal, they are a ociable in different degrees. H. Spencer , Prin. of Psychol., § 117. 2. Capable of being made an a ociate; companionable; social.-3. In pathol., liable to be affected sympathetically, or to receive from other parts like feelings and affections. as sociablene (a-sō'shia-bl-nes), n. A ociability. a ociate (a-sō'shi-at), v.; pret. and pp. a oci ated, ppr. a ociating. [ partner, confederate, or the like; join or connect intimately; unite; combine; link: followed by with (formerly sometimes by to ): as, to as so ciate others with us in busine or in an enter prise; particles of earthy matter a ociated with other substances. He succeeded in a ociating his name inseparably with some names which will last as long as our language. Macaulay. Just as the older female deities were a ociated in their worship with heaven and the heavenly bodies, with seasons of the year and with sacred places, so is the more modern godde [the Virgin Mary). Dawson, Nature and the Bible, p. 215. 2t. To keep company with; attend. Friends should a ociate friends in grief and woe. Shak., Tit. And., v. 3. To-morrow I will a ociate you to court myself. B. Jonson, Every Man out of his Humour, ii. 1. 3. To make an a ociate of; admit to a ociation or membership: with to : as, "he was as so ciated to the Royal Academy," Southey . [Rare.] - A ociated functions. See function . II. in trans. 1. To have intercourse; be an a ociate or a ociates: implying intimacy: as, congenial minds are disposed to a ociate . It was once degradation intensified for a Norman to as so ciate with a Saxon. N. A. Rev., CXXXIX. 85. 2. To join in or form a confederacy or a ociation. The clergy of a district in the diocese of Lincoln as so ciated lately for the purpose of forming an estimate of the state of religion within their own limits. Sydney Smith, in Lady Holland, iii. 3. In general, to unite, as in action, with a person or thing, or to coexist in organic dependence, as the parts of the body. a ociate (a-so's hi-at), a. and n. [L. a ocia tus, pp.: see the verb.] I. a. 1. Joined in interest, object or purpose, office or employment; combined together; joined with another or others: as, an a ociate judge or profe or; "my a ociate powers," Milton, P. L., x. 395.-2. In pathol., connected by habit or sympathy: as, a ociate movements, that is, movements which occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions: thus, convergence of the eyes is a ociated with contraction of the pupils. sympathetically II. n. 1. A companion; one who is on terms of intimacy with another; a mate; a fellow. Sole Eve, a ociate sole, to me beyond Compare above all living creatures dear! Milton, P. L., ix. 227. 2. A partner in interest, as in busine ; a confederate; an accomplice; an ally: as, “their defender and his a ociates," Hooker.-3. One who shares an office or a position of authority. or responsibility; a colleague or coadjutor. 4. One who is admitted to a subordinate degree of membership in an a ociation or institution: as, an A ociate of the Royal Academy, or of the National Academy of Design.-5. Anything usually accompanying or a ociated with an other. The one [idea] no sooner... comes into the understanding than its a ociate appears with it. Locke, Human Understanding, ii. 33. =Syn. 1 and 2. A ociate , Friend, Companion , Comrade , Fellow , Partner, Ally , Colleague , Coadjutor , Confederate . A ociate is the most general word for persons who are connected in life, work, etc.; it is special only in suggesting an alliance of some permanence. Friend is the most general word for persons who, through community of life or otherwise, have kindly feelings toward each other. Companion , literally a me mate, applies where the persons are much thrown together, but are not united by any strong tie; hence it is not a good synonym for husband or wife . "Many men may be admitted as companions who would not be altogether fit as a ociates ," Crabb , Eng. Synonymes, a ociate p. 197. Comrade denotes a close companion; it implies freedom of intercourse and a good degree of friendship: as, comrades in arms. Fellow has nearly lost its early signification of agreeable companionship, the later meanings having overshadowed it: as, "a bettre felawe schulde men noght fynde," Chaucer. Compare fellow-feeling, fel low- helper, fellowship. Fellow in this connection may mean one who naturally would be or is a companion; as, why do you not go with your fellows? A partner is one who takes part with others, especially in busine or in any kind of joint ownership. Formerly ally was nearly equivalent in meaning to a ociate, but it is now applied chiefly to states or rulers in their public capacity: as, the 350 law, a society which is unincorporated, but is not a partnership, in that the members are not agents for one another. Syn. 2. Combination, company, club, lodge, fraternity. a ociational (a-so-si-a's hon-al), a. [ allies in the Crime an war. A colleague is an a ociate for a. Same as a ociationist. some specific purpose or in some office; it is, like coadju tor , properly applicable only to one engaged in labor or busine regarded as especially dignified: as, Senators A and B were colleagues ; Luther and his coadjutors . A con- federate is one somewhat formally a ociated with others, now usually, when applied to private relations, for a bad object. See accomplice . A nice and subtle happine , I see, Thou to thyself proposest, in the choice Of thy a ociates , Adam! Milton , P. L., viii. 401. Thou shalt never find a friend in thy young years whose conditions and qualities will please thee after thou comest to more discretion judgment. Raleigh, To his Son. One that has well digested his knowledge, both of books and men, has little enjoyment but in the company of a few select companions . Hume , E ays. Thus he moved the Prince To laughter and his comrades to applause. Tennyson, Geraint. I and my fellows Are ministers of fate. Shak ., Tempest, iii. 3. Myself and other noble friends Are partners in the busine . Shak ., Cymb., i. 7. The allies , after conquering together, return thanks to God separately each after his own form of worship. Macaulay , Gladstone's Church and State. The patricians prevailed upon some of the tribunes to di ent from their colleagues . J. Adams , Works, IV. 534. Whose political sagacity, like that of his illustrious co adjutor , read the fate and interests of nations. Story , Speech, Cambridge, Aug. 31, 1826. I had forgot that foul conspiracy Of the beast Caliban, and his confederates , Against my life. Shak ., Tempest, iv. 1.