consociate
/kənˈsəʊsiət/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To form an alliance, confederacy, or relationship with; to bring together; to join; to unite, usually figuratively.
Obsolete; Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "[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."
- "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: […]"
- "One of his earliest observations was that white children should know their ages, while the colored children were ignorant of theirs; and the songs of the slaves grated on his inmost soul, because a something told him that harmony in sound, and music of the spirit, could not consociate with miserable degradation."
- "Join pole to pole, consociate severed worlds."
- "Under this last section, several persons consociated themselves"
Etymology
Usage
- Obsolete
- Intransitive verb
- Transitive verb
- American usage