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English
Etymology
Latin cōnsociātus, past participle of cōnsociō (“to associate, unite”).
Pronunciation
- (noun) IPA(key): /kənˈsəʊsiət/, /kənˈsəʊʃiət/
- (verb) IPA(key): /kənˈsəʊsieɪt/, /kənˈsəʊʃieɪt/
Noun
consociate (plural consociates)
- (obsolete) An associate; an accomplice.
1648, J[oseph] Hall, chapter XLIX, in Select Thoughts: Or, Choice Helps for a Pious Spirit. , London: Nath Brooke, , published 1654, →OCLC, page 145:[I]f his juſt hand ſhall ſvveep us avvay in the company of our vvicked conſociates, vve have reaſon to thank none but our ſelves for our ſufferings.
Verb
consociate (third-person singular simple present consociates, present participle consociating, simple past and past participle consociated)
- (obsolete, intransitive) to associate, partner
- 1662, Henry More, "An Antidote Against Atheism", Book III, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 129:
- "In the first place therefore, it cannot but amuse a mans mind to think what these officious Spirits should be that so willingly sometimes offer themselves to consociate with a man: "
- (obsolete, transitive) To bring into alliance, confederacy, or relationship; to bring together; to join; to unite.
1747, David Mallet, Amyntor and Theodora:Join pole to pole, consociate severed worlds.
- (US) To unite in an ecclesiastical consociation.
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology 1
Adjective
consociate
- feminine plural of consociato
Participle
consociate f pl
- feminine plural of consociato
Etymology 2
Noun
consociate f
- plural of consociata
Etymology 3
Verb
consociate
- inflection of consociare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
cōnsociāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of cōnsociō