sociate

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/ˈsəʊsieɪt//ˈsəʊʃieɪt//ˈsəʊsiət//ˈsəʊʃiət/

verb

To associate.

“c. 1862-1867, Leonard Shelford, The Law of Joint Stock Companies […] grant to any sociated for company or body of persons associated together […]”

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Meanings

verbsociate (third-person singular simple present sociates, present participle sociating, simple past and past participle sociated)

present singular third person sociates · participle present sociating · participle past sociated · past sociated

  1. obsoleteTo associate.

    c. 1862-1867, Leonard Shelford, The Law of Joint Stock Companies […] grant to any sociated for company or body of persons associated together […]

nounsociate (plural sociates)

plural sociates

  1. obsoleteAn associate.

    As for you, Dr. Reynolds, and your sociates.

    1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)
adjectivesociate (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleteassociated

Origin

  1. Latinsociatus
  2. Englishsociate

From Latin sociatus.

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APA

sociate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sociate

MLA

“sociate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sociate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sociate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sociate.

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