(n.) The state or relation of being or associate.
(n.) Companionship of persons on equal and friendly terms;
frequent and familiar intercourse.
(n.) A state of being together; companionship; partnership;
association; hence, confederation; joint interest.
(n.) Those associated with one, as in a family, or a
society; a company.
(n.) A foundation for the maintenance, on certain
conditions, of a scholar called a fellow, who usually resides at the
university.
(n.) The rule for dividing profit and loss among partners;
-- called also partnership, company, and distributive proportion.
(v. t.) To acknowledge as of good standing, or in communion
according to standards of faith and practice; to admit to Christian
fellowship.