consociate

CONSOCIATE, n. [L. See the next word.] An associate; a partner or confederate; an accomplice.

CONSOCIATE, v.t. [L., to unite; a companion. See Social.]

1. To unite; to join; to associate.

2. To cement, or hold in close union.

3. To unite in an assembly or convention, as pastors and messengers or delegates of churches.

CONSOCIATE, v.i.

1. To unite; to coalesce.

2. To unite, or meet in a body; to form a consociation of pastors and messengers.