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societies
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Societies
(gcide) | Society \So*ci"e*ty\, n.; pl. Societies. [L. societas, fr.
socius a companion: cf. F. soci['e]t['e]. See Social.]
1. The relationship of men to one another when associated in
any way; companionship; fellowship; company. "Her loved
society." --Milton.
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There is society where none intrudes
By the deep sea, and music in its roar. --Byron.
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2. Connection; participation; partnership. [R.]
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The meanest of the people and such as have the least
society with the acts and crimes of kings. --Jer.
Taylor.
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3. A number of persons associated for any temporary or
permanent object; an association for mutual or joint
usefulness, pleasure, or profit; a social union; a
partnership; as, a missionary society.
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4. The persons, collectively considered, who live in any
region or at any period; any community of individuals who
are united together by a common bond of nearness or
intercourse; those who recognize each other as associates,
friends, and acquaintances.
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5. Specifically, the more cultivated portion of any community
in its social relations and influences; those who mutually
give receive formal entertainments.
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Society of Jesus. See Jesuit.
Society verses [a translation of F. vers de soci['e]t['e]],
the lightest kind of lyrical poetry; verses for the
amusement of polite society.
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societies
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Affiliated societies
(gcide) | Affiliate \Af*fil"i*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Affiliated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Affiliating.] [LL. adfiliare, affiliare, to
adopt as son; ad + filius son: cf. F. affilier.]
1. To adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to
bring or receive into close connection; to ally.
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Is the soul affiliated to God, or is it estranged
and in rebellion? --I. Taylor.
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2. To fix the paternity of; -- said of an illegitimate child;
as, to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man
rather than another.
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3. To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.
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How do these facts tend to affiliate the faculty of
hearing upon the aboriginal vegetative processes?
--H. Spencer.
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4. To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society
as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.;
-- followed by to or with.
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Affiliated societies, societies connected with a central
society, or with each other.
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