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unite so as to form a homogeneous, as by chemical union. So fitly them in pairs thou hast combined. Milton. Friendship is the which really combines mankind. Dr. H. More. And all combined, save what thou must combine By holy marriage. Shak. Earthly sounds, though sweet and well combined. Cowper.

United closely; confederated; chemically united.

; jointly.

One who, or that which, combines.

To be incapable of combining; to disagree; to differ. [Obs.] Milton.

To combine again.

To separate, as substances in combination; to release from combination or union. [R.] Daniel.

A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer; called annual aberration, when the observer's motion is that of the earth in its orbit, and dairy or diurnal aberration, when of the earth on its axis; amountin…

Combined with acetic acid.

To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air. His sparkling sallies bubbled up as from aërated natural fountains. Carlyle.

To infuse air into; to combine air with.

Consisting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or meaning; as, agglutinate forms, languages, etc. See Agglutination, 2.

y pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic; Jamaica pepper; pimento. It has been supposed to combine the flavor of cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and hence the name. The name is also given to other aromatic shrubs; as, the Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus); wild allspice (Lindera benzoin), called also spicebush, sp…

Combined with alumina.

To compound or mix, as quicksilver, with another metal; to unite, combine, or alloy with mercury.

Coalesced; united; combined.

Combined or impregnated with ammonia.

Combined or prepared with antimony; as, antimoniated tartar.

Combined with or containing antimony; as, antimoniureted hydrogen. [Written also antimoniuretted.]

Having two or more parts of different curvatures, so combined as to remove spherical aberration; -- said of a lens. Aplanatic focus of a lens (Opt.), the point or focus from which rays diverging pass the lens without spherical aberration. In certain forms of lenses there are two such foci; and it is by taking advantage…