paired
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pair \Pair\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Paired}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Pairing}.]
1. To be joined in pairs; to couple; to mate, as for
breeding.
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2. To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.
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My heart was made to fit and pair with thine.
--Rowe.
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3. Same as {To pair off}. See phrase below.
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{To pair off}, to separate from a group in pairs or couples;
specif. (Parliamentary Cant), to agree with one of the
opposite party or opinion to abstain from voting on
specified questions or issues. See {Pair}, n., 6.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
76 Moby Thesaurus words for "paired":
accessory, accompanying, affiliate, affiliated, allied, assembled,
associate, associated, attendant, attending, banded together,
biconjugate, bigeminate, bijugate, bound, bracketed, cabalistic,
coincident, collateral, collected, combined, concomitant,
concurrent, confederate, confederated, conjoined, conjoint,
conjugate, conjugated, connected, conspiratorial, copulate,
corporate, correlative, coupled, double, dual, enleagued, federate,
federated, fellow, gathered, hand-in-glove, hand-in-hand,
in cahoots, in league, in partnership, in with, incorporated,
integrated, intimate, joined, joint, knotted, leagued, linked,
married, matched, mated, merged, mutual, one, parallel, partnered,
partners with, simultaneous, spliced, teamed, tied, twin,
undivided, united, unseparated, wed, wedded, yoked
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