consociate means an associate; an accomplice.
consociate is pronounced /kənˈsəʊsiət/.
Etymology
From Latin cōnsociātus, past participle of cōnsociō (“to associate, unite”).
noun
- An associate; an accomplice.“[I]f his juſt hand ſhall ſvveep us avvay in the company of our vvicked conſociates, vve have reaſon to thank none but our ſelves for our ſufferings.”
verb
- To associate, partner, or join (with).“In the first place therefore, it cannot but amuse a mans mind to think what these officious Spirits should be that so willingly sometimes offer themselves to consociate with a man: […]”
- To form an alliance, confederacy, or relationship with; to bring together; to join; to unite, usually figuratively.“Join pole to pole, consociate severed worlds.”
- To unite in an ecclesiastical consociation.