ppl. a. Forms: 3 alied, 5 alyed, 6 allyde, alide, 7 allyed, (8 allay’d), 4– allied. [f. ALLY v. + -ED.]
1. United, joined: a. by kindred or affinity.
1297. R. Glouc., 65. To be in such mariage alied to þe emperour.
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, IV. 1284. A knight noble, Aliet vnto Lamydon by his lefe suster.
1587. Turberville, Trag. T. (1837), 33. I to thee am verie neere allyde.
1591. Shaks., Two Gent., IV. i. 49. A Lady … alide vnto the Duke.
1725. Pope, Odyss., VI. 186. Bless’d are the brethren who thy blood divide, To such a miracle of charms allied.
1861. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., V. 103. A German Princess nearly allied to the Imperial House.
b. by league or formal treaty.
1393. Gower, Conf., III. 275. The route apostazied Of hem that ben to him allied.
1490. Caxton, Eneydos, xii. 46. Wher is he that shalle … make warre ayenste the thus alyed?
1611. Shaks., Wint. T., I. ii. 339. Courts and kingdomes Knowne, and ally’d to yours.
1860. Maury, Phys. Geog. Sea, xix. 803. The celebrated Black Sea storm which did so much damage to the allied fleet.
1870. Knight, Crown Hist. Eng., lix. 800. The Treaty of Vienna … had bound the Allied Powers to make war together upon Napoleon.
c. generally. ? Obs.
1483. Caxton, Cato, d vij b. When two good frendes ben wel alyed to gyder they ben stronger.
1611. Bible, Wisd., viii. 17. To be allyed vnto wisdome, is immortalitie.
1667. Marvell, Corr., 36, Wks. 1875, II. 82. A friend … sincerely devoted and allyed to your interests.
2. fig. Related, connected by nature, properties, or similitude, akin.
1603. Shaks., Meas. for M., III. ii. 108. The vice is of a great kindred: it is vvell allied.
1681. Dryden, Abs. & Achit., 163. Great wits are sure to madness near allied.
1709. Codrington, in Garth’s Dispens. (1709), Pref. So near allay’d in Learning, Wit, and Skill.
1854. Hooker, Himal. Jrnls., II. xviii. 50. Various allied insects.
1856. Kane, Arct. Expl., II. xvii. 180. An anomalous spasmodic disorder, allied to tetanus.
