v. Obs. Also 5 socy-. [ad. OF. socier, ad. L. sociāre: see SOCIATE v.] trans. To associate, ally or join (a person or persons) to (another or others), esp. for some common purpose.
1387. Trevisa, Higden (Rolls), II. 267. Hym slowh Cyrus i-socied to his eme Darius. Ibid., VIII. 333. Þere he [king Edward] socied to hym þe emperour Bevarrus.
c. 1425. St. Mary of Oignies, II. vii. in Anglia, VIII. 170/1. Vnwhile receyued worshypfully of þe senate of holy apostils, oþerewhile socyed to setes of aungels.
1447. Bokenham, Seyntys (Roxb.), 98. To Coleyn ful fast he gan hym hye And socyid hym to that holy cumpanye.
b. To join or bind (things) together.
1398. Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., XIX. cxxxi. (1495), 941. All the lymmes of the body ben socied togyder by vertue of Armenye.
