Combine
v. i.- To form a union; to agree; to coalesce; to confederate.
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To unite by affinity or natural attraction;
as, two substances, which will not .combine of themselves, may be made tocombine by the intervention of a third - (Card Playing) In the game of casino, to play a card which will take two or more cards whose aggregate number of pips equals those of the card played. Combining weight (Chem.),
that proportional weight, usually referred to hydrogen as a standard, and for each element fixed and exact, by which an element unites with another to form a distinct compound. The combining weights either are identical with, or are multiples or submultiples of, the atomic weight. See
