| consociate | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to enter into or bring into friendly association |
| —adj | |
| 2. | associated or united |
| —n | |
| 3. | an associate or partner |
| [C16: from Latin consociāre, from socius partner] | |
| consoci'ation | |
| —n | |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |