CONNECT
Con*nect", v. i.
Defn: To join, unite, or cohere; to have a close relation; as, one line of railroad connects with another; one argument connect with another.
CONNECTEDLY
Con*nect"ed*ly, adv.
Defn: In a connected manner.
CONNECTION
Con*nec"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. Connexion.]
1. The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship. He [Algazel] denied the possibility of a known connection between cause and effect. Whewell. The eternal and inserable connection between virtue and hapiness. Atterbury.
2. That which connects or joins together; bond; tie. Any sort of connection which is perceived or imagined between two or more things. I. Taylor.
3. A relation; esp. a person connected with another by marriage rather than by blood; — used in a loose and indefinite, and sometimes a comprehensive, sense.
4. The persons or things that are connected; as, a business connection; the Methodist connection. Men elevated by powerful connection. Motley. At the head of a strong parliamentary connection. Macaulay. Whose names, forces, connections, and characters were perfectly known to him. Macaulay. In this connection, in connection with this subject.
Note: [A phrase objected to by some writers.]