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ally - an associate who provides cooperation or assistance; "he's a good ally in fight" |
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friend |
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foe,
enemy a personal enemy; "they had been political foes for years"
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associate any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another; "first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate"
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blood brother a male sworn (usually by a ceremony involving the mingling of blood) to treat another as his brother
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ally - a friendly nation |
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body politic,
res publica,
commonwealth,
nation,
country,
state,
land a world organization of autonomous states that are united in allegiance to a central power but are not subordinate to it or to one another
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alinement,
coalition,
alignment,
alliance the state of being combined into one body
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verb |
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ally - become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage; "He allied himself with the Communists" |
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affiliate,
assort,
associate,
consort join in an affiliation; "The two colleges affiliated"; "They affiliated with a national group"
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misally make a bad alliance; ally inappropriately; "The two countries are misallied"
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