| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | con·so·ci·ate |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k n-s  sh - t |
| TRANSITIVE & INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: con·so·ci·at·ed, con·so·ci·at·ing, con·so·ci·ates
To bring or come into friendly or cooperative association. | | ADJECTIVE: | (- t) Associated; united. | | NOUN: | (-t) An associate or partner. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin cnsocire, cnsocit-, to associate : com-, com- + socire, to associate (from socius, companion; see sekw-1 in Appendix I).
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