Definition of Ally

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Definition of Ally

Ally

To unite, or form a connection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confederacy; -- often followed by to or with.

To connect or form a relation between by similitude, resemblance, friendship, or love.

A relative; a kinsman.

One united to another by treaty or league; -- usually applied to sovereigns or states; a confederate.

Anything associated with another as a helper; an auxiliary.

Anything akin to another by structure, etc.

See Alley, a marble or taw.

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Ally Quotations

The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is the source of all religious fanaticism.
Reinhold Niebuhr

Japan is an important ally of ours. Japan and the United States of the Western industrialized capacity, 60 percent of the GNP, two countries. That's a statement in and of itself.
Dan Quayle

A woman watches her body uneasily, as though it were an unreliable ally in the battle for love.
Leonard Cohen

Ally MacLeod thinks that tactics are a new kind of mint.
Billy Connolly

We should have been there shoulder to shoulder with our allies. Our concern is the instability of our government as an ally. We are playing again with national and global security matters.
Stephen Harper

There's nothing worse than finding yourself in a situation, a very demanding piece of work, and knowing that you're not a true ally to the person who's in charge of all that.
Daniel Day-Lewis

For so long as the Jew has even one ally, he will be convinced - in his smallness of mind - that his salvation came from that ally. It is only when he is alone - against all of his own efforts and frantic attempts - that he will, through no choice, be compelled to turn to G-d.
Meir Kahane

Similarly, today, we do not know what will happen as we wage the War on Terror. We do know that we can count on the strong support from our closest ally and friend in the world in winning this war to secure our freedoms and the freedoms for all peoples throughout the world.
Kit Bond

There are only two cases in which war is just: first, in order to resist the aggression of an enemy, and second, in order to help an ally who has been attacked.
Charles de Secondat

As Taiwan's friend and ally, I believe it is important for the United States to monitor the situation in the Taiwan Strait very carefully to help ensure Taiwan is not forced into a position which would endanger its freedom or its democracy.
Jim Costa

Ally Translations

ally in Latin is socius
ally in Spanish is aliado, acomunarse

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