Verb

(associat)

(lb) To join in or form a league, union, or association.

(lb) To spend time socially; keep company.

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*:As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish,I do not suppose that it matters much in reality whether laws are made by dukes or cornerboys, but I like, as far as possible, to associate with gentlemen in private life.

(lb) To join as a partner, ally, or friend.

(lb) To connect or join together; combine.

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(lb) To connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination.

*(rfdate) (John Keats) (1795-1821)

*:I always somehow associate Chatterton with autumn.

* (1800-1859)

*:He succeeded in associating his name inseparably with some names which will last as long as our language.

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To endorse.

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(lb) To be associative.

To accompany; to keep company with.

*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

*:Friends should associate friends in grief and woe.

Verb

(en verb)

To pull toward without touching.

* Derham

All bodies and all parts of bodies mutually attract themselves and one another.

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To arouse interest.

To draw by moral, emotional or sexual influence; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure.

* (John Milton)

Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze.