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Antonyms for fraternize

Grammar : Verb
Spell : frat-er-nahyz
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfræt ərˌnaɪz


Definition of fraternize

Origin :
  • 1610s, "to sympathize as brothers," from French fraterniser, from Medieval Latin fraternizare, from fraternus "brotherly" (see fraternity). Military sense of "cultivate friendship with enemy troops" is from 1897 (used in World War I with reference to the Christmas Truce). Used oddly by World War II armed forces to mean "have sex with women from enemy countries."
  • A piece of frat, Wren-language for any attractive young woman -- ex-enemy -- in occupied territory. [John Irving, "Royal Navalese," 1946]
  • Related: Fraternized; fraternizing.
  • verb associate with
Example sentences :
  • In the upshot it proved that they were not yet to fraternize with the Army of the Valley.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • To fraternize means to make a brother of; to receive into a fraternity.
  • Extract from : « Orthography » by Elmer W. Cavins
  • Next day the National Guards will fraternize with the people!
  • Extract from : « Edmond Dants » by Edmund Flagg
  • I made one more attempt to fraternize with them, and only one.
  • Extract from : « Sketches New and Old, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • The Russians seemed to fraternize with the French more than with us.
  • Extract from : « The British Expedition to the Crimea » by William Howard Russell
  • No, comrades, if you are going to fraternize, then fraternize everywhere.
  • Extract from : « Raemaekers' Cartoon History of the War, Volume 3 » by Louis Raemaekers
  • He was sure that upon recognizing him they would at once fraternize with the invaders.
  • Extract from : « By-Ways of War » by James Jeffrey Roche
  • The five sections of the Institute kept to their circle but did not fraternize.
  • Extract from : « Two banks of the Seine » by Fernand Vandrem
  • He did not fraternize with these waifs, feeling that his was another plane.
  • Extract from : « Merton of the Movies » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Thurstan tried to protest and Jacob to fraternize, but all was useless.
  • Extract from : « The Bondman » by Hall Caine

Synonyms for fraternize

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