[f. ASSOCIATE v. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. ASSOCIATE; association, union for a common purpose. (Now mostly gerundial.]
1644. [see ASSOCIATE v. 4 b.].
1653. Gauden, Hierasp., Pref. 11. They deny any National Church in any larger associatings of Christians.
1863. Mill, Utilit., 59. By associating the doing right with pleasure.
