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. Ibid. (1388), 1 Kings xxii. 50, marg. Josephat nolde be assossied with him … in nauey.
1447. 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.
