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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Combine \Com*bine"\ (k[o^]m*b[imac]n"), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Combined} (k[o^]m*b[imac]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Combining}.] [LL. combinare, combinatum; L. com- + binus, pl. bini, two and two, double: cf. F. combiner. See {Binary}.]
1. To unite or join; to link closely together; to bring into harmonious union; to cause or unite so as to form a homogeneous substance, as by chemical union.
So fitly them in pairs thou hast combined. --Milton.
Friendship is the cement which really combines mankind. --Dr. H. More.
And all combined, save what thou must combine By holy marriage. --Shak.
Earthly sounds, though sweet and well combined. --Cowper.
2. To bind; to hold by a moral tie. [Obs.]
I am combined by a sacred vow. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Combined \Com*bined"\, adjective United closely; confederated; chemically united.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
combined
adjective
1: involving the joint activity of two or more; "the attack was met by the combined strength of two divisions"; "concerted action"; "the conjunct influence of fire and strong dring"; "the conjunctive focus of political opposition"; "a cooperative effort"; "a united effort"; "joint military activities" [syn: {concerted}, {conjunct}, {conjunctive}, {cooperative}, {united}]
2: made or joined or united into one [ant: {uncombined}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
150 Moby Thesaurus words for "combined": accessory, accompanying, accordant, accumulated, agglomerate, aggregate, agreeing, amalgamated, amassed, ambiguous, ambivalent, amphibious, assembled, assimilated, associate, associated, at one with, attendant, attending, blended, bunched, bundled, clumped, clustered, coacting, coactive, coadjutant, coadjuvant, coadunate, coefficient, coincident, collaborative, collateral, collected, collective, collectivist, collectivistic, collusive, combinative, combinatory, combining, commensal, common, communal, communalist, communalistic, communist, communistic, communitarian, complex, composite, compound, compounded, concerted, concomitant, concordant, concurrent, concurring, conglomerate, congregate, congregated, conjoint, conjugate, conjunctive, connective, conniving, consilient, consolidated, conspiratorial, cooperant, cooperating, cooperative, coordinate, corporate, correlative, coupled, coworking, cumulate, dappled, eclectic, ecumenic, equivocal, fascicled, fasciculated, fellow, fifty-fifty, fused, gathered, glomerate, half-and-half, harmonious, harmonized, heaped, heterogeneous, in session, incorporated, indiscriminate, integrated, intricate, ironic, joined, joint, jumbled, knotted, leagued, lumped, many-sided, massed, medley, meeting, merged, mingled, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, multifaceted, multinational, multiracial, mutual, noncompetitive, one, packaged, paired, parallel, parasitic, patchy, piled, pluralistic, promiscuous, reciprocal, saprophytic, scrambled, simultaneous, stacked, symbiotic, synchronous, syncretic, syncretistic, syncretized, synergetic, synergic, synergistic, synthesized, thrown together, twin, uncompetitive, united, uniting, varied, wrapped up
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