[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

connect \connect"\, v. i.
   to join, unite, or cohere; to have a close relation; as, one
   line of railroad connects with another; one argument connects
   with another.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

connect \connect"\ ko^nne^kt", v. t. imp.  p. p.
   connected; p. pr.  vb. n. connecting. l. connectere,
   -nexum; con- + nectere to bind. see annex.
   1. to join, or fasten together, as by something intervening;
      to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to
      establish a bond or relation between.
      1913 webster

            he fills, he bounds, connects and equals all.
                                                  --pope.
      1913 webster

            a man must see the connection of each intermediate
            idea with those that it connects before he can use
            it in a syllogism.                    --locke.
      1913 webster

   2. to associate a person or thing, or one's self with
      another person, thing, business, or affair.
      1913 webster

   3. to establish a communication link; -- used with with; as,
      his telephone didn't answer, so i connected with him by
      email.
      pjc

   4. to electronically or mechanically link a device to
      another device, or to link a device to a common
      communication line; -- used with with; as, the installer
      connected our telephones on monday; i connected my vcr to
      the tv set by myself; the plumber connected a shut-off
      valve to my gas line.
      pjc

   connecting rod mach., a rod or bar joined to, and
      connecting, two or more moving parts; esp. a rod
      connecting a crank wrist with a beam, crosshead, piston
      rod, or piston, as in a steam engine.
      1913 webster
see also:
connected connecting annex connecting rod 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

connect
     v 1: connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; "can
          you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "tie the ropes
          together"; "link arms" syn: link, tie, link up
          ant: disconnect
     2: make a logical or causal connection; "i cannot connect these
        two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these
        facts"; "i cannot relate these events at all" syn: associate,
         tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up ant:
         decouple
     3: be or become joined or united or linked; "the two streets
        connect to become a highway"; "our paths joined"; "the
        travelers linked up again at the airport" syn: link, link
        up, join, unite
     4: join by means of communication equipment; "the telephone
        company finally put in lines to connect the towns in this
        area"
     5: land on or hit solidly; "the brick connected on her head,
        knocking her out"
     6: join for the purpose of communication; "operator, could you
        connect me to the raffles in singapore?"
     7: be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as in
        transportation; "the local train does not connect with the
        amtrak train"; "the planes don't connect and you will have
        to wait for four hours"
     8: establish a rapport or relationship; "the president of this
        university really connects with the faculty"
     9: establish communication with someone; "did you finally
        connect with your long-lost cousin?" syn: get in touch,
         touch base
     10: plug into an outlet; "please plug in the toaster"; "connect
         the tv so we can watch the football game tonight" syn: plug
         in ant: unplug
     11: hit or play a ball successfully; "the batter connected for a
         home run"
see also:
link tie link up disconnect associate tie in 
relate colligate decouple link up join 
unite get in touch touch base plug in unplug 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

237 moby thesaurus words for "connect":
   abut, abut on, account for, accouple, accredit with, accrete to,
   accumulate, acknowledge, add, adhere, adjoin, affect, affiliate,
   affix, agglutinate, ally, amalgamate, amass, anchor, answer to,
   appertain to, apply, apply to, articulate, ascribe to, assemble,
   assign to, assimilate, associate, attach, attach to, attribute to,
   band, be blooded, be consistent, be contiguous, be continuous,
   be in contact, be successful, bear on, bear upon, belong to, bind,
   blame, blame for, blame on, blend, bolt, bond, border, border on,
   bracket, braze, bridge, bridge over, bring home to, buckle, butt,
   catch on, catenate, cement, chain, charge on, charge to,
   clap together, click, clinch, coalesce, cohere, collect, combine,
   come off, come together, communicate, compound, comprise,
   concatenate, concern, confess, conglobulate, conjoin, conjugate,
   connect up, connect with, consolidate, continuate, continue,
   converge, copulate, correlate, correspond to, couple, cover,
   credit with, deal with, draw a parallel, embody, embrace,
   encompass, equate, farewell, fasten, fasten upon, father upon, fit,
   fix, fix on, fix upon, flux, follow, form a series, fuse, gather,
   glue, go, go great guns, go off, go over, go over big, go to town,
   graduate, grow together, hang on, hang together,
   have connection with, hold together, hook, identify, impute to,
   include, incorporate, integrate, interblend, intercommunicate,
   interest, interfuse, interrelate, involve, join, knit, knot, lash,
   lay to, lay together, league, liaise with, lie by, link, link up,
   link with, lock, lump together, maintain continuity, make a hit,
   make one, marry, marshal, mass, meet, meet with success, meld,
   melt into one, merge, mix, mobilize, moor, nail, neighbor, pair,
   parallel, parallelize, pass, pertain to, piece together, pin,
   pin on, pinpoint, place upon, point to, prevail, prosper,
   put together, qualify, reembody, refer to, regard, relate,
   relate to, relativize, respect, rivet, roll into one, run on,
   saddle on, saddle with, screw, seal, secure, set down to,
   settle upon, sew, shade into, solder, solidify, span, splice,
   stand by, staple, stick, stick together, stitch, strap, string,
   string together, succeed, syncretize, syndicate, synthesize, tack,
   take, take in, tape, thread, tie, tie in, tie in with, touch,
   touch upon, treat of, unify, unite, verge upon, wed, weld,
   work well, work wonders, yoke

[5] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

connect
     
         unix socket library routine to connect
        a socket that has been created on the local hosts to one at a
        specified socket address on the remote host.
     
        unix manual pages: connect2, accept2.
     
        1995-03-21
     
     
see also:
unix unix manual pages 

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