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Combinate
(Com"bi*nate) a. [LL. combinatus, p. p.] United; joined; betrothed. [R.]
Combination
(Com`bi*na"tion) n. [LL. combinatio. See Combine.]
1. The act or process of combining or uniting persons and things.
Making new compounds by new combinations.
Boyle.
A solemn combination shall be made
Of our dear souls.
Shak.
2. The result of combining or uniting; union of persons or things; esp. a union or alliance of persons or
states to effect some purpose; — usually in a bad sense.
A combination of the most powerful men in Rome who had conspired my ruin.
Melmoth.
3. (Chem.) The act or process of uniting by chemical affinity, by which substances unite with each
other in definite proportions by weight to form distinct compounds.
4. pl. (Math.) The different arrangements of a number of objects, as letters, into groups.
In combinations no regard is paid to the order in which the objects are arranged in each group, while in
variations and permutations this order is respected. Brande & C.
Combination car, a railroad car containing two or more compartments used for different purposes.
[U. S.] — Combination lock, a lock in which the mechanism is controlled by means of a movable
dial (sometimes by several dials or rings) inscribed with letters or other characters. The bolt of the lock
can not be operated until after the dial has been so turned as to combine the characters in a certain
order or succession. — Combination room, in the University of Cambridge, Eng., a room into which
the fellows withdraw after dinner, for wine, dessert, and conversation. — Combination by volume
(Chem.), the act, process, or ratio by which gaseous elements and compounds unite in definite proportions
by volume to form distinct compounds. — Combination by weight (Chem.), the act, process, or
ratio, in which substances unite in proportions by weight, relatively fixed and exact, to form distinct compounds.
See Law of definite proportions, under Definite.
Syn. — Cabal; alliance; association; league; union; confederacy; coalition; conspiracy. See Cabal.
Combine
(Com*bine") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Combined ; 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.
So fitly them in pairs thou hast combined.
Milton.
Friendship is the cement which really combines mankind.
Dr. H. More.
And all combined, save what thou must combine
By holy marriage.
Shak.
Earthly sounds, though sweet and well combined.
Cowper.
2. To bind; to hold by a moral tie. [Obs.]
I am combined by a sacred vow.
Shak.
Combine
(Com*bine"), v. i.
