fraternize
verb(British English also fraternise)
[intransitive] (often disapproving)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they fraternize | |
| he / she / it fraternizes | |
| past simple fraternized | |
| past participle fraternized | |
| -ing form fraternizing |
- fraternize (with somebody)
to behave in a friendly manner, especially towards somebody that you are not supposed to be friendly with （尤指与不该亲善者）亲善 Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French fraterniser, from medieval Latin fraternizare, from Latin fraternus ‘brotherly’, from frater ‘brother’.