sociate

English

Etymology

From Latin sociatus.

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /ˈsəʊsieɪt/, /ˈsəʊʃieɪt/

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• (noun, adjective) IPA^(key): /ˈsəʊsiət/, /ˈsəʊʃiət/

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Verb

sociate (third-person singular simple present sociates, present participle sociating, simple past and past participle sociated)

1. (obsolete) To associate.
   • c. 1862-1867, Leonard Shelford, The Law of Joint Stock Companies

     […] grant to any sociated for company or body of persons associated together […]

Noun

sociate (plural sociates)

1. (obsolete) An associate.
   • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):

     As for you, Dr. Reynolds, and your sociates.

Adjective

sociate (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) associated

References

• “sociate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Coastie, Iocaste

Latin

Verb

sociāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of sociō