Emily Dickinson Lexicon

AS-SO'CIATE, v.t. [asso'shate; Fr. associer; L. associo, of ad and socio, to join.]

1. To join in company, as a friend, companion, partner or confederate; as, to associate others with us in business, or in an enterprise. It conveys the idea of intimate union.
2. To unite in the same mass; as, particles of matter associated with other substances.