PAIR

I. noun (plural ~s or ~) Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Anglo-French, from Latin paria equal things, from neuter plural of par equal Date: 14th century 1. a. two corresponding things designed for use together , two corresponding bodily parts or members , something made up of two corresponding pieces , 2. two similar or associated things: as, two mated animals, a couple in love, engaged, or married , two playing cards of the same value or denomination and especially of the same rank, two horses harnessed side by side, two members of a deliberative body that agree not to vote on a specific issue during a time agreed on, a partnership especially of two players in a contest against another partnership, a set or series of small objects (as beads), II. verb Date: 1606 transitive verb 1. to make a ~ of, to cause to be a member of a ~, to arrange a voting ~ between, to arrange in ~s, intransitive verb to constitute a member of a ~ , 2. to become associated with another, to become grouped or separated into ~s