Pronunciation Verb
ally
- (transitive) To unite, or form a connection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confederacy
Alexander Pope: - O chief! in blood, and now in arms allied.
- (transitive) To connect or form a relation between by similitude, resemblance, friendship, or love.
Edmund Spenser: - These three did love each other dearly well, And with so firm affection were allied.
Alexander Pope: - The virtue nearest to our vice allied.
ally (plural allies)
- One united to another by treaty or league; — usually applied to sovereigns or states; a confederate.
- 18, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 14, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (
please specify ), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323 ↗:
- Anything associated with another as a helper; an auxiliary.
- Science, instead of being the enemy of religion, becomes its ally.
- Anything akin to something else by structure, etc.
- (taxonomy) A closely related species, usually within the same family.
- Gruiformes — cranes and allies
- (specifically) C en A person who is not a member of the LGBT+ community but is supportive of it.
- (obsolete) A relative; a kinsman.
- 1597, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet Act III, Scene 1:
- This gentleman, the prince's near ally / My very friend, hath got his mortal hurt / In my behalf
- 1597, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet Act III, Scene 1:
- French: allié
- German: Alliierter, Alliierte, Verbündeter, Verbündete
- Italian: alleato
- Portuguese: aliado
- Russian: сою́зник
- Spanish: aliado
- Portuguese: aliado
- Russian: сою́зник
- IPA: /ˈæli/
ally (plural allies)
Ally
Proper noun
- A female given name
- A male given name
- Ally Love
- 1880, Alfred Tennyson, To Alfred Tennyson, My Grandson:
- Golden-hair'd Ally whose name is one with mine,
- Crazy with laughter and babble and earth's new wine
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