consociate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb bring or come into association or action
    associate.
    • The churches consociated to fight their dissolution

WordNet

Con*so"ci*ate noun
Etymology
L. nsociatus, p.p. of consociare to associate, unite; con- + sociare to join, unite. See Social.
Definitions
  1. An associate; an accomplice. Archaic "Wicked consociates." Bp. Hall.
Con*so"ci*ate transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Consociated ; present participle & verbal noun Consociating
Definitions
  1. To bring into alliance, confederacy, or relationship; to bring together; to join; to unite. R.
    Join pole to pole, consociate severed worlds. Mallet.
  2. To unite in an ecclesiastical consociation. U.S.
Con*so"ci*ate intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To be allied, confederated, or associated; to coalescence. R. Bentley.
  2. To form an ecclesiastical consociation. U.S.

Webster 1913