1. (v. t.) 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.

2. (v. t.) To associate (a person or thing, or one's self) with another person, thing, business, or affair.

3. (v. i.) To join, unite, or cohere; to have a close relation; as, one line of railroad connects with another; one argument connect with another.

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