† aˈssocie, v. Obs.
Also 4 assossie, 5 -cye.
[a. OF. associe-r (13th c. in Littré):—L. associā-re: see associate.]
Early equivalent of associate v.
1. trans. To unite, place, or bring (a person or oneself) into companionship or alliance with another; = associate v. 1, 3.
| c 1380 Wyclif Sel. Wks. (1871) III. 329 He is irreguler þat sittiþ in place as associed wiþ þe domesman. 1388 ― 1 Kings xxii. 50 marg., Josephat nolde be assossied with him..in nauey. 1447 O. Bokenham Seyntys 97 He..assocyied hym on to ther cumpanye. 1480 Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxxi. 212 Robert..assocyed vnto hym Syr Rogger the Mortimer. |
2. intr. To enter into confederacy; = associate 3.
| 1441 Plumpton Corr. Introd. 57 They had assocyed to the number of dcc persons or thereabouts. |