Con‐nect″ (kŏn‐nĕkt″), 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.