Link \Link\ (l[i^][ng]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Linked
   (l[i^][ng]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Linking.]
   To connect or unite with a link or as with a link; to join;
   to attach; to unite; to couple.
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         All the tribes and nations that composed it [the Roman
         Empire] were linked together, not only by the same laws
         and the same government, but by all the facilities of
         commodious intercourse, and of frequent communication.
                                                  --Eustace.
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