English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Associate
(a.)
Connected by habit or sympathy; as, associate motions,
such as occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions.
Associate
(n.)
A companion; one frequently in company with another,
implying intimacy or equality; a mate; a fellow.
Associate
(n.)
One connected with an association or institution without
the full rights or privileges of a regular member; as, an associate of
the Royal Academy.
Associate
(n.)
Anything closely or usually connected with another; an
concomitant.
Associated
(a.)
Joined as a companion; brought into association;
accompanying; combined.
Associated
(imp. & p. p.)
of Associate
Associateship
(n.)
The state of an associate, as in Academy or an
office.
Associating
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Associate
Association
(n.)
Union of persons in a company or society for some
particular purpose; as, the American Association for the Advancement of
Science; a benevolent association. Specifically, as among the
Congregationalists, a society, consisting of a number of ministers,
generally the pastors of neighboring churches, united for promoting the
interests of religion and the harmony of the churches.
Association
(n.)
Mental connection, or that which is mentally linked or
associated with a thing.
Association
(n.)
The act of associating, or state of being associated;
union; connection, whether of persons of things.
Associational
(a.)
Of or pertaining to association, or to an
association.
Associational
(a.)
Pertaining to the theory held by the
associationists.
Associationism
(n.)
The doctrine or theory held by associationists.
Associationist
(n.)
One who explains the higher functions and relations
of the soul by the association of ideas; e. g., Hartley, J. C. Mill.
Associative
(a.)
Having the quality of associating; tending or leading
to association; as, the associative faculty.
Associator
(n.)
An associate; a confederate or partner in any scheme.
Assoil
(v. t.)
To remove; to put off.
Assoil
(v. t.)
To expiate; to atone for.
Assoil
(v. t.)
To set free; to release.