ally - Definition, Meaning and Synonyms

Lekhori

Definitions

1
To unite or form a connection between (people or things), as between families by marriage, or between states by confederacy, league, or treaty.
Theſe three did loue each other dearely well, / And with ſo firme affection were allyde, / As if but one ſoule in them all did dvvell, / VVhich did her povvre into three parts diuyde; […]
2
Chiefly followed by to or with: to connect or form a relation to (someone or something) by similarity in features or nature.
Yes in good ſooth, the vice is of a great kindred; it is vvell allied, but it is impoſſible to extirpe it quite, Frier, till eating and drinking be put dovvne.
3
To join or unite (oneself or itself) against, with, etc., someone or something else.
To be ſhort, hauing thus ingrafted them into the body of his [God's] Sonne, he ioyneth and allieth him ſelfe to them, he maketh him ſelfe one with them, maketh them his children and heyres, partakers of his immortalitie and glorie, and all this he worketh by the inward vertue of his holy Ghost, […]

1
A person who co-operates with or helps another; an associate; a friend.
[N]o attempt is made to call in God to their reſcue, as if he vvere an idle unconcern'd ſpectator of humane affairs, or ſo inconſiderable an ally, as not to be vvorth the care of engaging him on their ſide.
2
A person, group, state, etc., which is associated or united by treaty with another for a common (especially military or political) purpose; a confederate.

1
A diminutive of the female given names Alice, Alison, Alexandra, or other names beginning with Al-[], from the Germanic languages or Ancient Greek.
Where’s my Girle? What Ally? Ally? / Enter Alice.
2
A diminutive of the male given names Alfred, Albert, Alan, Alexander, or other names beginning with Al-[], from the Germanic languages, the Celtic languages, or Ancient Greek.

Definitions

1
To unite or form a connection between (people or things), as between families by marriage, or between states by confederacy, league, or treaty.
Theſe three did loue each other dearely well, / And with ſo firme affection were allyde, / As if but one ſoule in them all did dvvell, / VVhich did her povvre into three parts diuyde; […]
2
Chiefly followed by to or with: to connect or form a relation to (someone or something) by similarity in features or nature.
Yes in good ſooth, the vice is of a great kindred; it is vvell allied, but it is impoſſible to extirpe it quite, Frier, till eating and drinking be put dovvne.
3
To join or unite (oneself or itself) against, with, etc., someone or something else.
To be ſhort, hauing thus ingrafted them into the body of his [God's] Sonne, he ioyneth and allieth him ſelfe to them, he maketh him ſelfe one with them, maketh them his children and heyres, partakers of his immortalitie and glorie, and all this he worketh by the inward vertue of his holy Ghost, […]

1
A person who co-operates with or helps another; an associate; a friend.
[N]o attempt is made to call in God to their reſcue, as if he vvere an idle unconcern'd ſpectator of humane affairs, or ſo inconſiderable an ally, as not to be vvorth the care of engaging him on their ſide.
2
A person, group, state, etc., which is associated or united by treaty with another for a common (especially military or political) purpose; a confederate.

1
A diminutive of the female given names Alice, Alison, Alexandra, or other names beginning with Al-[], from the Germanic languages or Ancient Greek.
Where’s my Girle? What Ally? Ally? / Enter Alice.
2
A diminutive of the male given names Alfred, Albert, Alan, Alexander, or other names beginning with Al-[], from the Germanic languages, the Celtic languages, or Ancient Greek.