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Definition of Allying
1. ally [v] - See also: ally
Lexicographical Neighbors of Allying
Literary usage of Allying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rise of the Dutch Republic: A History by John Lothrop Motley (1868)
"... of religious enthusiasm, allying itself with the keen instinct of civil liberty,
would endue the provinces with strength to throw off the Spanish yoke ? ..."
2. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1890)
"... and allying it with the horse.* It is therefore reasonable to assume, with
Poliakoff, that the wild horse of ..."
3. Historical Memoirs of My Own Time by Nathaniel William Wraxall (1815)
"But he cemented the greatness of his family, by allying himself with the ducal
House of Lenox. Of his three sons, Lord Holland early perceived the ..."
4. The Expositor edited by William Robertson Nicoll, Samuel Cox, James Moffatt (1885)
"were wise, he would relinquish his vain attempt against the people whom the Lord
had blessed, and, by allying himself with them, win some share in their ..."
5. Foreign Reminiscences by Henry Richard Vassall Holland (1851)
"proposal* of allying himself by marriage with the House of Buonaparte, an expedient
to which he more than once reverted in the course of his life. ..."
6. A General History of the World, from the Creation to the Present Time by William Guthrie, John Gray (1764)
"... by bans grow liberty, by allying either with Athens or Sparta, it being their
ous. .the one, ..."
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