From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ally \Al*ly"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Allied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Allying}.] [OE. alien, OF. alier, F. alier, fr. L. alligare to bind to; ad + ligare to bind. Cf. {Alligate}, {Alloy}, {Allay}, {Ligament}.]
1. To unite, or form a connection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confederacy; -- often followed by to or with.
O chief! in blood, and now in arms allied. --Pope.
2. To connect or form a relation between by similitude, resemblance, friendship, or love.
These three did love each other dearly well, And with so firm affection were allied. --Spenser.
The virtue nearest to our vice allied. --Pope.
Note: Ally is generally used in the passive form or reflexively.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Allied \Al*lied"\, adjective United; joined; leagued; akin; related. See {Ally}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
2: an associate who provides assistance; "he's a good ally in fight"; "they were friends of the workers" [syn: {friend}] [ant: {foe}]
verb
1: become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage; "He allied himself with the Communists" [also: {allied}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: related by common characteristics or ancestry; "allied species"; "allied studies"
2: united in a confederacy or league [syn: {confederate}, {confederative}]
3: joined by treaty or agreement
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
98 Moby Thesaurus words for "allied": affiliate, affiliated, affinitive, agnate, akin, assembled, associate, associated, avuncular, banded together, bound, bracketed, cabalistic, closely related, cognate, collateral, collected, confederate, confederated, congeneric, congenerous, congenial, conjoined, conjugate, connate, connatural, connected, consanguine, consanguinean, consanguineous, conspecific, conspiratorial, copulate, corporate, correlated, correlative, coupled, distantly related, enate, enleagued, federate, federated, foster, gathered, german, germane, hand-in-glove, hand-in-hand, implicated, in cahoots, in league, in partnership, in with, incident, incorporated, integrated, interlinked, interlocked, interrelated, intimate, involved, joined, kindred, knotted, leagued, linked, married, matched, mated, matrilateral, matrilineal, matroclinous, merged, novercal, of that ilk, of that kind, of the blood, paired, parallel, partners with, patrilateral, patrilineal, patroclinous, related, sib, sibling, similar, spliced, teamed, tied, twinned, undivided, united, unseparated, uterine, wed, wedded, yoked
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