Obs. exc. arch. Also 6 sociat, socyate. [ad. L. sociāt-us, pa. pple. of sociāre.]
1. pa. pple. Associated with or to some thing or person; joined or united together.
α. 1501. Douglas, Pal. Hon., I. xvi. Tell me this wonder, How that ȝe wretchit catiues … Ar sociat with this court souerane?
1526. Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W., 1531), 152. The actyue lyfe is ye lyfe wherby we be sociat and knytte in charite and loue to our neyghbour.
β. 1509. Barclay, Shyp of Folys (1570), 127. In him is iustice with pitie sociate.
1534. Whitinton, Tullyes Offices, I. (1540), 70. Eloquence wynneth and accompanyeth those with whome we be famylier socyate.
1895. F. Thompson, Sister Songs, 60. But you must be Bound and sociate to me.
† 2. ppl. a. Associated, joint. Obs.–1
1706. De Foe, Jure Divino, II. 11. Belus and Nimrod,… Who made the patriarchal power comply, And sociate Rule submit to Monarchy.
