Part 4563

<h1>Fraternal</h1> <Xpage=593>

<hw>Fra*ter"nal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt><ety>[F. <ets>fraternel</ets>, LL. <ets>fraternalis</ets>, fr. L. <ets>fraternus</ets>, fr. <ets>frater</ets> brother. See <er>Brother</er>.]</ety> <def>Pf, pertaining to, or involving, brethren; becoming to brothers; brotherly; <as>as, <ex>fraternal</ex> affection; a <ex>fraternal</ex> embrace.</as></def> -- <wordforms><wf>Fra*ter"nal*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<blockquote>An abhorred, a cursed, a <b>fraternal</b> war. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Fraternal</b> love and friendship. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fraternate</h1> <Xpage=593>

<hw>Fra*ter"nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To fraternize; to hold fellowship.</def>

<i>Jefferson.</i>

<h1>Fraternation, Fraternism</h1> <Xpage=593>

<hw><hw>Fra`ter*na"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Fra"ter*nism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Fraternization.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Jefferson.</i>

<h1>Fraternity</h1> <Xpage=593>

<hw>Fra*ter"ni*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Fraternities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[F. <ets>fraternit\'82</ets>, L. <ets>fraternitas</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state or quality of being fraternal or brotherly; brotherhood.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A body of men associated for their common interest, business, or pleasure; a company; a brotherhood; a society; in the Roman Catholic Chucrch, an association for special religious purposes, for relieving the sick and destitute, etc.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Men of the same class, profession, occupation, character, or tastes.</def>

<blockquote>With what terms of respect knaves and sots will speak of their own <b>fraternity</b>! <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fraternization</h1> <Xpage=593>

<hw>Fra`ter*ni*za"tion</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of fraternizing or uniting as brothers.</def>

<blockquote>I hope that no French <b>fraternization</b> . . . could so change the hearts of Englishmen. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fraternize</h1> <Xpage=593>

<hw>Fra"ter*nize</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?; 277)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fraternized</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt>. <er>Fraternizing</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fraterniser</ets>.]</ety> <def>To associate or hold fellowship as brothers, or as men of like occupation or character; to have brotherly feelings.</def>

<h1>Fraternize</h1> <Xpage=593>

<hw>Fra"ter*nize</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To bring into fellowship or brotherly sympathy.</def>

<blockquote>Correspondence for <b>fraternizing</b> the two nations. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fraternizer</h1> <Xpage=593>

<hw>Frat"er*ni`zer</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who fraternizes.</def>

<i>Burke.</i>

<h1>Fratery</h1> <Xpage=593>

<hw>Fra"ter*y</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>frater</ets> brother: cf. It. <ets>frateria</ets> a brotherhood of monks. See <er>Friar</er>.]</ety> <def>A frater house. See under <er>Frater</er>.</def>