COMBINE
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Com*bine" (kŏm*b&ī;n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Combined (kŏm*b&ī;nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Combining.] [LL. combinare, combinatum; L. com- + binus, pl. bini, two and two, double: cf. F. combiner. See Binary.] 1. To unite or join; to link closely together; to bring into harmonious union; to cause or unite so as to form a homogeneous substance, as by chemical union.
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So fitly them in pairs thou hast combined.
Milton.
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Friendship is the cement which really combines mankind.
Dr. H. More.
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And all combined, save what thou must combine
By holy marriage.
Shak.
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Earthly sounds, though sweet and well combined.
Cowper.
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2. To bind; to hold by a moral tie. [Obs.]
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I am combined by a sacred vow.
Shak.
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Com*bine", v. i. 1. To form a union; to agree; to coalesce; to confederate.
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You with your foes combine,
And seem your own destruction to design
Dryden.
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So sweet did harp and voice combine.
Sir W. Scott.
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2. To unite by affinity or natural attraction; as, two substances, which will not combine of themselves, may be made to combine by the intervention of a third.
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3. (Card Playing) In the game of casino, to play a card which will take two or more cards whose aggregate number of pips equals those of the card played.
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Combining weight (Chem.), that proportional weight, usually referred to hydrogen as a standard, and for each element fixed and exact, by which an element unites with another to form a distinct compound. The combining weights either are identical with, or are multiples or submultiples of, the atomic weight. See Atomic weight, under Atomic, a.
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