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association AssociationAssociation As*so`ci*a"tion (?; 277), n.
[Cf. F. association, LL. associatio, fr. L. associare.] 1. The
act of associating, or state of being associated; union;
connection, whether of persons of things. ``Some . . . bond of
association.' --Hooker. Self-denial is a kind of holy
association with God. 2. Mental connection, or that which is
mentally linked or associated with a thing. Words . . . must owe
their powers association. Why should . . . the holiest words,
with all their venerable associations, be profaned? --Coleridge.
3. Union of persons in a company or society for some particular
purpose; as, the American Association for