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allied, ppl. a.|əˈlaɪd|
Forms: 3 alied, 5 alyed, 6 allyde, alide, 7 allyed, (8 allay'd), 4– allied.
[f. ally v. + -ed.]
1. United, joined:
a. by kindred or affinity.
1297R. Glouc. 65 To be in such mariage alied to þe emperour. c1400Destr. Troy iv. 1284 A knight noble, Aliet vnto Lamydon by his lefe suster. 1587Turberville Trag. T. (1837) 33, I to thee am verie neere allyde. 1591Shakes. Two Gent. iv. i. 49 A Lady..alide vnto the Duke. 1725Pope Odyss. vi. 186 Bless'd are the brethren who thy blood divide, To such a miracle of charms allied. 1861Macaulay Hist. Eng. V. 103 A German Princess nearly allied to the Imperial House.
b. by league or formal treaty.
1393Gower Conf. iii. 275 The route apostazied Of hem that ben to him allied. 1490Caxton Eneydos xii. 46 Wher is he that shalle..make warre ayenste the thus alyed? 1611Shakes. Wint. T. i. ii. 339 Courts and kingdomes Knowne, and ally'd to yours. 1860Maury Phys. Geog. Sea xix. 803 The celebrated Black Sea storm which did so much damage to the allied fleet. 1870Knight Crown Hist. Eng. lix. 800 The Treaty of Vienna..had bound the Allied Powers to make war together upon Napoleon.
c. generally. ? Obs.
1483Caxton Cato d vij b, When two good frendes ben wel alyed to gyder they ben stronger. 1611Bible Wisd. viii. 17 To be allyed vnto wisedome, is immortalitie. 1667Marvell Corr. 36 Wks. 1875 II. 82 A friend..sincerely devoted and allyed to your interests.
2. fig. Related, connected by nature, properties, or similitude, akin.
1603Shakes. Meas. for M. iii. ii. 108 The vice is of a great kindred: it is vvell allied. 1681Dryden Abs. & Achit. 163 Great wits are sure to madness near allied. 1709Codrington in Garth's Dispens. (1709) Pref., So near allay'd in Learning, Wit, and Skill. 1854Hooker Himal. Jrnls. II. xviii. 50 Various allied insects. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. II. xvii. 180 An anomalous spasmodic disorder, allied to tetanus. |