Ally

/ˈæl.aɪ/ · verb

Meaning

To unite or form a connection between (people or things), as between families by marriage, or between states by confederacy, league, or treaty..

Definitions by Sense

1. To unite or form a connection between (people or things), as between families by marriage, or between states by confederacy, league, or treaty.
2. Chiefly followed by to or with: to connect or form a relation to (someone or something) by similarity in features or nature.
3. To join or unite (oneself or itself) against, with, etc., someone or something else.
4. (intransitive) Chiefly followed by with: to enter into an alliance or unite for a common aim.
5. A person who co-operates with or helps another; an associate; a friend.
6. A person, group, state, etc., which is associated or united by treaty with another for a common (especially military or political) purpose; a confederate.
7. Something regarded as connected with or related to another thing by similarity in features or nature.
8. (figuratively) A person, group, concept, etc., which is associated with another as a helper; an auxiliary; a supporter.

Example Sentences

Theſe three did loue each other dearely well, / And with ſo firme affection were allyde, / As if but one ſoule in them all did dvvell, / VVhich did her povvre into three parts diuyde; […]

[W]hen hee's remou'd, your Highneſſe / VVill take againe your Queene, as yours at firſt, / Euen for your Sonnes ſake, and thereby for ſealing / The Iniurie of Tongues, in Courts and Kingdomes / Knovvne, and ally'd to yours.

That this coniunction doth not ioyne the ſubſtances, but vniteth the affections, and allyeth the wils.

Solomon preferreth her [Pharaoh's daughter] before the reſt of his vvives, for they vvere of Nations that vvere his Subjects, but ſhe the daughter of an intire King, and by this match he allieth that potent King to him, and ſecureth himſelf the better abroad; […]

And novv the VVarriors paſſing on the vvay, / The graceful Paris firſt excus'd his Stay. / To vvhom the noble Hector thus reply'd: / O Chief! in Blood, and novv in Arms, ally'd! / Thy povv'r in VVar vvith Juſtice none conteſt; / Knovvn is thy Courage, and thy Strength confeſt.

She died; and her place was supplied by a German princess nearly allied to the Imperial House.

Yes in good ſooth, the vice is of a great kindred; it is vvell allied, but it is impoſſible to extirpe it quite, Frier, till eating and drinking be put dovvne.

Great VVits are ſure to Madneſs near ally'd; / And thin Partitions do their Bounds divide: […]

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