fraternize
1fraternize — (also fraternise) ► VERB (usu. fraternize with) ▪ be on friendly terms. DERIVATIVES fraternization noun …
2Fraternize — Fra ter*nize (? or ?; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fraternized}; p. pr. & vb. n.. {Fraternizing}.] [Cf. F. fraterniser.] To associate or hold fellowship as brothers, or as men of like occupation or character; to have brotherly feelings. [1913… …
3Fraternize — Fra ter*nize, v. t. To bring into fellowship or brotherly sympathy. [1913 Webster] Correspondence for fraternizing the two nations. Burke. [1913 Webster] …
4fraternize — index cooperate, join (associate oneself with) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
5fraternize — 1610s, to sympathize as brothers, from Fr. fraterniser, from M.L. fraternizare, from fraternus brotherly (see FRATERNITY (Cf. fraternity)). Military sense of cultivate friendship with enemy troops is from 1897 (used in World War I with reference… …
6fraternize — (Amer.) frat·er·nize || frætÉ™(r)naɪz v. join together, fellowship (also franternise) …
7fraternize — [v] associate with be friendly, be sociable with, club together, consort with, fall in with, go around with, hang out with, hobnob*, keep company with, make friends, mingle with, mix with, rub elbows with, rub shoulders with, run with, socialize… …
8fraternize — [frat′ər nīz΄] vi. fraternized, fraternizing [Fr fraterniser < L fraternus: see FRATERNAL] 1. to associate in a brotherly manner; be on friendly terms 2. to have intimate or friendly relations with any of the enemy: said of soldiers occupying… …
9fraternize — UK [ˈfrætə(r)naɪz] / US [ˈfrætərˌnaɪz] verb [intransitive] Word forms fraternize : present tense I/you/we/they fraternize he/she/it fraternizes present participle fraternizing past tense fraternized past participle fraternized formal to spend… …
10fraternize — v. (D; intr.) to fraternize with * * * [ frætənaɪz] (D; intr.) to fraternize with …
