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   Combine , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Combined ; p. pr. & vb. n. Combining.] [LL. combinare, combinatum; L. com- + binus, pl. bini, two and two, double: cf. F. combiner. See Binary.]
   To unite or join; to link closely together; to bring into harmonious union; to cause or unite so as to form a homogeneous substance, as by chemical union.
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   So fitly them in pairs thou hast combined.
   Milton.
   
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   Friendship is the cement which really combines mankind.
   Dr. H. More.
   
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   And all combined, save what thou must combine
   By holy marriage.
   Shak.
   
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   Earthly sounds, though sweet and well combined.
   Cowper.
   
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   To bind; to hold by a moral tie. [Obs.]
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   I am combined by a sacred vow.
   Shak.
   
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   Combine, v. i.
   To form a union; to agree; to coalesce; to confederate.
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   You with your foes combine,
   And seem your own destruction to design
   Dryden.
   
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   So sweet did harp and voice combine.
   Sir W. Scott.
   
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   To unite by affinity or natural attraction; as, two substances, which will not combine of themselves, may be made to combine by the intervention of a third.
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   (Card Playing) In the game of casino, to play a card which will take two or more cards whose aggregate number of pips equals those of the card played.
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   Combining weight (Chem.), that proportional weight, usually referred to hydrogen as a standard, and for each element fixed and exact, by which an element unites with another to form a distinct compound. The combining weights either are identical with, or are multiples or submultiples of, the atomic weight. See Atomic weight, under Atomic, a.
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