Associate
Associate verb - To come together to form a single unit.
Usage example: the elements hydrogen and oxygen associate to form molecules of water
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Our Werewolves Are Different: You don't become a werewolf, you're born one, and they're apparently a very insular, reclusive race of people who rarely associate or marry outside of their line.
Source: Comic Book / The Sandman - River Song was the first companion established to not only marry the Doctor, and the first associate of his to indicate sexual relations with the Time Lord (though most of their relationship is not depicted onscreen).
Source: Analysis / Doctor Who -
After Thomas proved himself an able and trustworthy business associate for her father, Henry Wykys, Henry told Thomas he could feel free to marry her because she was looking for a new husband anyway, being a widow.
Source: Marriage of Convenience
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