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.
As·so·ci·ate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Associated p. pr. & vb. n. Associating ]
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.
adj 1: related to or accompanying; "Christmas and associated
festivities" [syn: connected]
2: joined in some kind of relationship (as a colleague or ally
or companion etc.); "a cabal of associated lawyers"