So fitly them in pairs thou hast combined.
Milton.

Friendship is the cement which really combines mankind.
Dr. H. More.

And all combined, save what thou must combine
By holy marriage.
Shak.

Earthly sounds, though sweet and well combined.
Cowper.

I am combined by a sacred vow.
Shak.

You with your foes combine,
And seem your own destruction to design
Dryden.

So sweet did harp and voice combine.
Sir W. Scott.

Combining weight (Chem.), that proportional weight, usually referred to hydrogen as a standard, and for each element fixed and exact, by which an element unites with another to form a distinct compound. The combining weights either are identical with, or are multiples or submultiples of, the atomic weight. See Atomic weight, under Atomic, a.