Part 712

<i>Dunglison.</i> </cs>

<h1>Associateship</h1> <Xpage=92>

<hw>As*so"ci*ate*ship</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of an associate, as in Academy or an office.</def>

<h1>Association</h1> <Xpage=92>

<hw>As*so`ci*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>association</ets>, LL. <ets>associatio</ets>, fr. L. <ets>associare</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things.</def> "Some . . . bond of <i>association</i>."

<i>Hooker.</i>

<blockquote>Self-denial is a kind of holy <b>association</b> with God. <i>Boyle.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Mental connection, or that which is mentally linked or associated with a thing.</def>

<blockquote>Words . . . must owe their powers <b>association</b>. <i>Johnson.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Why should . . . the holiest words, with all their venerable <b>associations</b>, be profaned? <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Union of persons in a company or society for some particular purpose; <as>as, the American <ex>Association</ex> for the Advancement of Science; a benevolent <ex>association</ex></as>. Specifically, as among the Congregationalists, a society, consisting of a number of ministers, generally the pastors of neighboring churches, united for promoting the interests of religion and the harmony of the churches.</def>

<cs><col>Association of ideas</col> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld>, <cd>the combination or connection of states of mind or their objects with one another, as the result of which one is said to be revived or represented by means of the other. The relations according to which they are thus connected or revived are called the <i>law of association<i>. Prominent among them are reckoned the relations of time and place, and of cause and effect.</cd></cs>

<i>Porter.</i>

<h1>Associational</h1> <Xpage=92>

<hw>As*so`ci*a"tion*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to association, or to an association.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Pertaining to the theory held by the associationists.</def>

<h1>Associationism</h1> <Xpage=92>

<hw>As*so`ci*a"tion*ism</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Philos.)</fld> <def>The doctrine or theory held by associationists.</def>

<h1>Associationist</h1> <Xpage=92>

<hw>As*so`ci*a"tion*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Philos.)</fld> <def>One who explains the higher functions and relations of the soul by the association of ideas; <i>e</i>. <i>g</i>., Hartley, J. C. Mill.</def>

<h1>Associative</h1> <Xpage=92>

<hw>As*so"ci*a*tive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the quality of associating; tending or leading to association; <as>as, the <ex>associative</ex> faculty</as>.</def>

<i>Hugh Miller.</i>

<h1>Associator</h1> <Xpage=92>

<hw>As*so"ci*a`tor</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An associate; a confederate or partner in any scheme.</def>

<blockquote>How Pennsylvania's air agrees with Quakers, And Carolina's with <b>associators</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Assoil</h1> <Xpage=92>

<hw>As*soil"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>assoiler</ets>, <ets>absoiler</ets>, <ets>assoldre</ets>, F. <ets>absoudre</ets>, L. <ets>absolvere</ets>. See <er>Absolve</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To set free; to release.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>