To tie or bind together.
To formally link or connect together logically; to bring together by colligation; to sum up in a single proposition.
To associate intimately with; to be close to.
To be similar to, to be almost the same as.
To be adjacent to
A person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or nearby position.
One who is near in sympathy or confidence.
A fellow human being.