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Webster 1913 Edition
Connect
Con-nect′
(kŏn-nĕkt′)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Connected
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Connecting
.] 1.
To join, or fasten together, as by something intervening; to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to establish a bond or relation between.
He fills, he bounds,
connects
and equals all. Pope.
A man must see the connection of each intermediate idea with those that it
connects
before he can use it in a syllogism. Locke.
2.
To associate (a person or thing, or one’s self) with another person, thing, business, or affair.
Connecting rod
(Mach.)
, a rod or bar joined to, and connecting, two or more moving parts; esp. a rod connecting a crank wrist with a beam, crosshead, piston rod, or piston, as in a steam engine.
Con-nect′
,Verb.
I.
To join, unite, or cohere; to have a close relation;
as, one line of railroad
. connects
with another; one argument connects
with anotherWebster 1828 Edition
Connect
CONNECT
,Verb.
T.
1.
To knit or link together; to tie or fasten together, as by something intervening, or by weaving, winding or twining. Hence, 2.
To join or unite; to conjoin, in almost any manner, either by junction, by any intervening means, or by order and relation. We connect letters and words in a sentence; we connect ideas in the mind; we connect arguments in a discourse. The strait of Gibraltar connects the Mediterranean with the Atlantic. A treaty connects two nations. The interests of agriculture are connected with those of commerce. Families are connected by marriage or by friendship.CONNECT
,Verb.
I.