Combine \Com*bine"\, v. i. 1. To form a union; to agree; to coalesce; to confederate.
You with your foes combine, And seem your own destruction to design --Dryden.
So sweet did harp and voice combine. --Sir W. Scott.
2. 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.
3. (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.
{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.
Combine \Com*bine"\ (k[o^]m*b[imac]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Combined} (k[o^]m*b[imac]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Combining}.] [LL. combinare, combinatum; L. com- + binus, pl. bini, two and two, double: cf. F. combiner. See {Binary}.] 1. 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.
So fitly them in pairs thou hast combined. --Milton.
Friendship is the cement 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.
2. To bind; to hold by a moral tie. [Obs.]
I am combined by a sacred vow. --Shak.
He pointed at a row of damaged Soviet combine harvesters.
In another step, the company will combine the management of its domestic and international exploration activities.
Regis Krebs of Beckemeyer, a town of 1,100 located 45 miles east of St. Louis, had pointed his combine toward home when he noticed the fire, which apparently was caused by a spark from the combine's muffler.
Regis Krebs of Beckemeyer, a town of 1,100 located 45 miles east of St. Louis, had pointed his combine toward home when he noticed the fire, which apparently was caused by a spark from the combine's muffler.
The measure would combine the holidays for George Washington and Abraham Lincoln into a single February holiday and create a January holiday for King.
Benefit reductions from the so-called "earnings test" can combine with federal, state and local taxes to produce such high marginal tax rates that many older workers do just as well staying home, foes say.
Even better, he then goes on to interview and observe people with a mixture of sympathy and detachment; and the conversations he has with farmers and town dwellers alike combine to offer the reader an unusually vivid and precise picture of rural France.
It attempts to combine too many themes and dots about too much.
But politics barely touch the world of her stories, which combine the fantastical tradition of Russian writers like Bulgakov with a very modern sensibility.
As marketing lists become more complete and accurate, the IRS will become more able to combine them with census information to track people down."
Riser was formed by American Seaway Foods Inc., a Cleveland food wholesaler; Rini Holding Co. and Rego Cos., Cleveland-based supermarket chains, to combine their operations.
"The necessity to combine socialism with democracy has again been vigorously reaffirmed in the dramatic events that occurred in Berlin, Sofia, Prague and Bucharest," Gorbachev said in the speech just before midnight Sunday.
A regional auto industry, for example, might combine transmissions made in the Philippines with steering mechanisms built in Malaysia and engines from Thailand.
However, sources suggested yesterday the deal would combine an enhanced credit facility with a reshuffling of some debt to Marriott International.
The effort will combine $10 million in private funds with $55 million from local and state governments and community groups, Bailin said.
UNION LEADERS at Poland's KGHM copper-producing combine in Lubin are to wait until July 8 before deciding on whether to proceed with a general strike by the 40,000 employees.
Such disruptions combine to produce a breakdown in a taut economic system like the Soviet Union's, which has always had shortages and where producers have tended to operate as monopolists.
They could even combine with their southern neighbour, Newcastle Breweries.
Judge Browning also said at the conference that he will probably decide in early November whether to combine the bondholders' suit with a related suit brought by Chemical Bank, New York, trustee for the bondholders, against WPPSS and others.
He said that should combine with a rebound in the commercial passenger and cargo markets that were disrupted by the war.
"It is my hope that we can combine two of the South's finest traditions _ college football and a desire to help our fellow man," said Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C.
Circuit Judge James Moore agreed Thursday to combine the murder and conspiracy charges and the charge that Robinson conspired to kill a witness to Barber's death, who survived a stabbing attack.
Chung said he hopes to combine the north's steel, cement and labor with the south's capital and technology in developing the Kumgang project.
Pinochet to hold direct elections agreed this week to combine their efforts, opposition leaders admit that reconciling their disagreements will prove difficult.
Nassau said the acquisition will combine three of the nation's leading hardware suppliers.
It is not an easy task to combine the virtues of a Grade I listed interior with the demands of modern theatrical machinery, lighting and comfort.
If you produce reports which need to look good and to impress, or you need to produce complex documents which combine text, graphs and illustrations, Windows is great.
According to many in the PC industry, the future lies in hand-held devices that combine computer and communications technologies.
Directors of the world mission arm of the United Church of Christ have decided to combine it with its counterpart in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).
The Treasury also will propose to Congress changes in Depression-era laws, thus enabling banks to operate nationwide and allowing banks to combine with securities firms and possibly industrial companies.