associated
[ə'səuʃi,eitid]
a. 合

[] ; 合

[医] 合

1. A body of people associated for a common purpose or interest, such as a guild.
   兄弟目利益而合团体
2. She associated happiness with having money.
   她把幸福想起。
3. He was briefly associated with that organization.
   那组织短系。

Associate \As*so"ci*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Associated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Associating}.] [L. associatus, p. p. of
associare; ad + sociare to join or unite, socius companion.
See {Social}.]
1. To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or
confederate; as, to associate others with us in business,
or in an enterprise.

2. To join or connect; to combine in acting; as, particles of
gold associated with other substances.

3. To connect or place together in thought.

He succeeded in associating his name inseparably
with some names which will last as long as our
language. --Macaulay.

4. To accompany; to keep company with. [Obs.]

Friends should associate friends in grief and woe.
--Shak.


Associated \As*so"ci*a`ted\, a.
Joined as a companion; brought into association;
accompanying; combined.

{Associated movements} (Physiol.), consensual movements which
accompany voluntary efforts without our consciousness.
--Dunglison.