(~ed)
1.
If you say that someone ~s with a particular person or group, you mean that they spend a lot of time with them, and usually that you do not think this is a good thing. (FORMAL)
He regularly ~ed with known drug-dealers.
= associate
VERB: V with n disapproval
2.
The ruling monarch’s wife or husband is called their ~.
At tea-time, Victoria sang duets with her Consort, Prince Albert...
She was surely the most distinguished queen ~ we have had.
N-COUNT; N-TITLE: oft n N