English Dictionary

ally

/ˈælaɪ/

verb

To unite or form a connection between (people or things), as between families by marriage, or between states by confederacy, league, or treaty.

She decided to ally with him in the upcoming election.

意味（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; […]

意味（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.

意味（3）

(reflexive) 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, […]

意味（4）

(intransitive) Chiefly followed by with: to enter into an alliance or unite for a common aim.

[A]ftervvards he [Constantine the Great] allied vvith Licinius, and gave him his Siſter in marriage, and acknovvledged him his Colleague in the Empire.