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consociating

consociating is the present participle and gerund of consociate.

Meaning of consociate

Verb

consociate (third-person singular simple present consociates, present participle consociating, simple past and past participle consociated)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To associate, partner, or join (with).
    • 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: […]1662, Henry More, "An Antidote Against Atheism", Book III, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 129
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To form an alliance, confederacy, or relationship with; to bring together; to join; to unite, usually figuratively.
    • Join pole to pole, consociate severed worlds.1747, David Mallet, Amyntor and Theodora
  3. (US) To unite in an ecclesiastical consociation.

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Questions about consociating

What is consociating the present participle and gerund of?
Consociating is the present participle and gerund of consociate.

Words near consociating in the dictionary

  1. consithers
  2. consobrinal
  3. consociate
  4. consociated
  5. consociates
  6. consociating
  7. consociation
  8. consociational
  9. consociationalism
  10. consociationally
  11. consociationism

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