Reference > American Heritage® > Dictionary
  fraternity fratricide  
CONTENTS · INDEX · ILLUSTRATIONS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
fraternize
 
SYLLABICATION:frat·er·nize
PRONUNCIATION:  frtr-nz
INTRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: frat·er·nized, frat·er·niz·ing, frat·er·niz·es
1. To associate with others in a brotherly or congenial way. 2. To associate on friendly terms with an enemy or opposing group, often in violation of discipline or orders.
ETYMOLOGY:French fraterniser, from Medieval Latin frternizre, from Latin frternus, fraternal. See fraternal.
OTHER FORMS:frater·ni·zation (-n-zshn) —NOUN
frater·nizer —NOUN
 
 
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

CONTENTS · INDEX · ILLUSTRATIONS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
  fraternity fratricide  
 
Google
Click here to shop the Bartleby Bookstore.
Welcome · Press · Advertising · Linking · Terms of Use · © 2008 Bartleby.com