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Conjoin

To join together; to unite.

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Verb group 10

Cuff 84% connected

To strike; esp., to smite with the palm or flat of the hand; to slap.

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Cuff 84% connected

To strike; esp., to smite with the palm or flat of the hand; to slap.

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Marry 84% connected

To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining, as a man and a woman, for life; to constitute (a man and a woman) husband and w…

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Marry 84% connected

To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining, as a man and a woman, for life; to constitute (a man and a woman) husband and w…

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Splice 84% connected

To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an en…

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Splice 84% connected

To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an en…

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Tie 84% connected

A knot; a fastening.

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Tie 84% connected

A knot; a fastening.

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Wed 84% connected

A pledge; a pawn.

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Wed 84% connected

A pledge; a pawn.

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Manner of action 23

Anastomose 76% connected

To inosculate; to intercommunicate by anastomosis, as the arteries and veins.

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Attach 76% connected

To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like.

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Copulate 76% connected

Joined; associated; coupled.

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Couple 76% connected

That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.

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Engraft 76% connected

See Ingraft.

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Entwine 76% connected

To twine, twist, or wreathe together or round.

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Feather 76% connected

One of the peculiar dermal appendages, of several kinds, belonging to birds, as contour feathers, quills, and down.

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Graft 76% connected

A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but th…

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Ingraft 76% connected

To insert, as a scion of one tree, shrub, or plant in another for propagation; as, to ingraft a peach scion on a plum tree; figuratively, to insert o…

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Inosculate 76% connected

To unite by apposition or contact, as two tubular vessels at their extremities; to anastomose.

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Intermarry 76% connected

To become connected by marriage between their members; to give and take mutually in marriage; -- said of families, ranks, castes, etc.

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Knit 76% connected

of Knit

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Mate 76% connected

The Paraguay tea, being the dried leaf of the Brazilian holly (Ilex Paraguensis). The infusion has a pleasant odor, with an agreeable bitter taste, a…

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Pair 76% connected

A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. "A pair of beads." Chaucer. Beau. & Fl. "Fou…

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Patch 76% connected

A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, esp. upon an old garment to cover a…

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Piece 76% connected

A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piec…

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Quilt 76% connected

Anything that is quilted; esp., a quilted bed cover, or a skirt worn by women; any cover or garment made by putting wool, cotton, etc., between two c…

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Remarry 76% connected

To marry again.

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Solder 76% connected

A metal or metallic alloy used when melted for uniting adjacent metallic edges or surfaces; a metallic cement.

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Splice 76% connected

To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an en…

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Weld 76% connected

To wield.

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Wive 76% connected

To marry, as a man; to take a wife.

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Yoke 76% connected

A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.

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Broader term 5

Connect 76% connected

To join, or fasten together, as by something intervening; to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to establish a bond or relation betwee…

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Link 76% connected

A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like.

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Tie 76% connected

A knot; a fastening.

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Unify 76% connected

To cause to be one; to make into a unit; to unite; to view as one.

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Unite 76% connected

To put together so as to make one; to join, as two or more constituents, to form a whole; to combine; to connect; to join; to cause to adhere; as, to…

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Derivationally related 2

Connexion 74% connected

Connection. See Connection.

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Connexion 74% connected

Connection. See Connection.

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Synonym 4

Espouse 92% connected

To betroth; to promise in marriage; to give as spouse.

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Join 92% connected

To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append.

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Marry 92% connected

To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining, as a man and a woman, for life; to constitute (a man and a woman) husband and w…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Wed 92% connected

A pledge; a pawn.

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Antonym 2

Disjoin 94% connected

To part; to disunite; to separate; to sunder.

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Disjoin 94% connected

To part; to disunite; to separate; to sunder.

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