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<blockquote>A man must the connection of each intermediate idea with those that it <b>connects</b> before he can use it in a syllogism. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To associate (a person or thing, or one's self) with another person, thing, business, or affair.</def>

<cs><col>Connecting rod</col> <fld>(Mach.)</fld>, <cd>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.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Con*nect"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To join, unite, or cohere; to have a close relation; <as>as, one line of railroad <ex>connects</ex> with another; one argument <ex>connect</ex> with another.</as></def>

<h1>Connectedly</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con*nect"ed*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a connected manner.</def>

<h1>Connection</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con*nec"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Connexion</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship.</def>

<blockquote>He [Algazel] denied the possibility of a known <b>connection</b> between cause and effect. <i>Whewell.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The eternal and inserable <b>connection</b> between virtue and hapiness. <i>Atterbury.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which connects or joins together; bond; tie.</def>

<blockquote>Any sort of <b>connection</b> which is perceived or imagined between two or more things. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A relation; esp. a person connected with another by marriage rather than by blood; -- used in a loose and indefinite, and sometimes a comprehensive, sense.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The persons or things that are connected; <as>as, a business <ex>connection</ex>; the Methodist <ex>connection</ex>.</as></def>

<blockquote>Men elevated by powerful <b>connection</b>. <i>Motley.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>At the head of a strong parliamentary <b>connection</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Whose names, forces, <b>connections</b>, and characters were perfectly known to him. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>In this connection</col>, <cd>in connection with this subject. <note>[A phrase objected to by some writers.]</note></cd></cs>

<note>&hand; This word was formerly written, as by Milton, with <i>x</i> instead of <i>t</i> in the termination, <i>connexion</i>, and the same thing is true of the kindred words <i>inflexion</i>, <i>reflexion</i>, and the like. But the general usage at present is to spell them <i>connection</i>, <i>inflection</i>, <i>reflection</i>, etc.</note>

<syn>Syn. -- Union; coherence; continuity; junction; association; dependence; intercourse; commerce; communication; affinity; relationship.</syn>

<h1>Connective</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con*nect"ive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Connecting, or adapted to connect; involving connection.</def>

<cs><col>Connection tissue</col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <cd>See <cref>Conjunctive tissue</cref>, under <er>Conjunctive</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Connective</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con*nect"ive</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>That which connects</def>. Specifically: <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>A word that connect words or sentences; a conjunction or preposition.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>That part of an anther which connects its thec\'91, lobes, or cells.</def>

<h1>Connectively</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con*nect"ive*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In connjunction; jointly.</def>