(v.tr.) To join or connect together; to bring together or into
relationship in any of various intangible ways
(as in memory or imagination). → dissociate.
(v.intr.) To come or be together as partners, friends, or
join with other parts.
A person joined with another or others in business or at work;
something that usually accompanies another thing.
Etymology (EN): M.E. associat “associated,” from L. associatus, p.p. of
associare “to unite,” from ad- + sociare
“to join,” from socius “ally, companion” (“follower”);
PIE base *sekw- “to follow.”
Etymology (PE): Âhazidan, from â- prefix + hazidan
“to associate, accompany, follow,”
from Av. hac-, hax- “to associate, follow, accompany”
(hacenay- “getting together, association,”
haxay-, hašy-, haš- “friend”), hacaiti “follows;”
hacā “from, out of;” O.Pers. hacā “from”
(Mid.Pers. hâz- “to lead, guide,”
hac “from;” Mod.Pers. az “from”);
PIE base *sekw- “to follow;”
cf. Skt. sac- “to be associated or united with,” sácate
“accompanies, follows,” sácā “with;”
Gk. hepesthai “to follow;” L. sequi “to follow.”
Âhazgâr, from âhaz- present stem of âhazidan +
agent noun suffix -gâr, → -or, as in
âmuzgâr, parhizgâr, sâzgâr, âmizgâr, sepuzgâr.