Noah Webster
Consociate
CONSOCIATE, noun [Latin See the next word.] An associate; a partner or confederate; an accomplice.
CONSOCIATE, verb transitive [Latin , to unite; a companion. See Social.]
1. To unite; to join; to associate.
2. To cement, or hold in close union.
3. To unite in an assembly or convention, as pastors and messengers or delegates of churches.
CONSOCIATE, verb intransitive
1. To unite; to coalesce.
2. To unite, or meet in a body; to form a consociation of pastors and messengers.