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

link \link\ li^ngk, v. t. imp.  p. p. linked
   li^ngkt; p. pr.  vb. n. linking.
   to connect or unite with a link or as with a link; to join;
   to attach; to unite; to couple.
   1913 webster

         all the tribes and nations that composed it the roman
         empire were linked together, not only by the same laws
         and the same government, but by all the facilities of
         commodious intercourse, and of frequent communication.
                                                  --eustace.
   1913 webster
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linked linking 

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