Connect \Con*nect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Connected; p. pr. & vb. n. Connecting>.]

[L. connectere, -nexum; con- + nectere to bind. See Annex.]

1. To join, or fasten together, as by something intervening; to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to establish a bond or relation between.

He fills, he bounds, connects and equals all. --Pope.

A man must see the connection of each intermediate idea with those that it connects before he can use it in a syllogism. --Locke.

2. To associate (a person or thing, or one's self) with another person, thing, business, or affair.

Connecting rod (Mach.), a rod or bar joined to, and connecting, two or more moving parts; esp. a rod connecting a crank wrist with a beam, crosshead, piston rod, or piston, as in a steam engine.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)