fraternize (with)

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• fraternize with — be on friendly terms. → fraternize …   English new terms dictionary

• fraternize — (also fraternise) ► VERB (usu. fraternize with) ▪ be on friendly terms. DERIVATIVES fraternization noun …   English terms dictionary

• fraternize — UK [ˈfrætə(r)naɪz] / US [ˈfrætərˌnaɪz] verb [intransitive] Word forms fraternize : present tense I/you/we/they fraternize he/she/it fraternizes present participle fraternizing past tense fraternized past participle fraternized formal to spend… …   English dictionary

• fraternize — frat|er|nize also fraternise BrE [ˈfrætənaız US ər ] v to be friendly with someone, especially if you have been ordered not to be friendly with them fraternize with ▪ The troops were forbidden to fraternize with the enemy. >fraternization… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• fraternize — [[t]fræ̱tə(r)naɪz[/t]] fraternizes, fraternizing, fraternized V RECIP If you fraternize with someone, you associate with them in a friendly way. [V with n] At these conventions, executives fraternized with the key personnel of other banks... [V… …   English dictionary

• fraternize — v. (D; intr.) to fraternize with * * * [ frætənaɪz] (D; intr.) to fraternize with …   Combinatory dictionary

• fraternize — Synonyms and related words: act the traitor, associate with, assort with, be acquainted with, be friends, be inseparable, chum, chum together, chum with, clique, clique with, club together, collaborate, consort with, cotton to, fall in with,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• fraternize — verb the musicians were told not to fraternize with the dancers Syn: associate, mix, consort, socialize, keep company, rub elbows; informal hang around, hang out, run around, hobnob, be thick with …   Thesaurus of popular words

• fraternize — or fraternise fratənʌɪz verb (usu. fraternize with) be on friendly terms. Derivatives fraternization noun Origin C17: from Fr. fraterniser, from med. L. fraternizare, from L. fraternus (see fraternal) …   English new terms dictionary

• fraternize — [v] associate with be friendly, be sociable with, club together, consort with, fall in with, go around with, hang out with, hobnob*, keep company with, make friends, mingle with, mix with, rub elbows with, rub shoulders with, run with, socialize… …   New thesaurus

• fraternize — 1610s, to sympathize as brothers, from Fr. fraterniser, from M.L. fraternizare, from fraternus brotherly (see FRATERNITY (Cf. fraternity)). Military sense of cultivate friendship with enemy troops is from 1897 (used in World War I with reference… …   Etymology dictionary