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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Connect \Con*nect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Connected}; p. pr & vb n. {Connecting}>.] [L. connectere, -nexum; con- + nectere to bind. See {Annex}.] 1. 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. He fills, he bounds, connects and equals all --Pope. A man must see the connection of each intermediate idea with those that it connects before he can use it in a syllogism. --Locke. 2. To associate (a person or thing or one's self) with another person, thing business, or affair. {Connecting rod} (Mach.), a rod or bar joined to and connecting, two or more moving parts esp. a rod connecting a crank wrist with a beam, crosshead, piston rod, or piston, as in a steam engine. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: connecting adj 1: having a connection; "connecting rooms" 2: (grammar) syntactically connecting sentences or elements of a sentence; "`and' is a copulative conjunction" [syn: {copulative}] n : the act of bringing two things into contact [syn: {joining}, {connection}, {connexion}]
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