From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
combine
n 1: harvester that heads and threshes and cleans grain while
moving across the field
2: a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit
competition by controlling the production and distribution of
a product or service; "they set up the trust in the hope of
gaining a monopoly" [syn: trust, corporate trust,
combine, cartel]
3: an occurrence that results in things being united [syn:
combining, combine]
v 1: have or possess in combination; "she unites charm with a
good business sense" [syn: unite, combine]
2: put or add together; "combine resources" [syn: compound,
combine]
3: combine so as to form a whole; mix; "compound the
ingredients" [syn: compound, combine]
4: add together from different sources; "combine resources"
5: join for a common purpose or in a common action; "These
forces combined with others"
6: gather in a mass, sum, or whole [syn: aggregate, combine]
7: mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"
[syn: blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle,
immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Combine \Com*bine"\ (k[o^]m*b[imac]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Combined (k[o^]m*b[imac]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Combining.]
[LL. combinare, combinatum; L. com- + binus, pl. bini, two
and two, double: cf. F. combiner. See Binary.]
1. To unite or join; to link closely together; to bring into
harmonious union; to cause or unite so as to form a
homogeneous substance, as by chemical union.
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So fitly them in pairs thou hast combined. --Milton.
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Friendship is the cement which really combines
mankind. --Dr. H. More.
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And all combined, save what thou must combine
By holy marriage. --Shak.
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Earthly sounds, though sweet and well combined.
--Cowper.
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2. To bind; to hold by a moral tie. [Obs.]
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I am combined by a sacred vow. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Combine \Com*bine"\, v. i.
1. To form a union; to agree; to coalesce; to confederate.
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You with your foes combine,
And seem your own destruction to design --Dryden.
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So sweet did harp and voice combine. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. To unite by affinity or natural attraction; as, two
substances, which will not combine of themselves, may be
made to combine by the intervention of a third.
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3. (Card Playing) In the game of casino, to play a card which
will take two or more cards whose aggregate number of pips
equals those of the card played.
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Combining weight (Chem.), that proportional weight, usually
referred to hydrogen as a standard, and for each element
fixed and exact, by which an element unites with another
to form a distinct compound. The combining weights either
are identical with, or are multiples or submultiples of,
the atomic weight. See Atomic weight, under Atomic, a.
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