Two corresponding persons or items, similar in form or function and matched or associated, A single thing composed essentially of two pieces or parts which are used only in combination and named only in the plural_ as, a pair of scissors, trousers, or spectacles, A married couple; in general, two mated animals of any kind, intransitive verb_ Same as To pair off. See phrase below, To combine or join (one person or thing) with another to form a pair, To arrange in sets of two; couple, transitive verb_ To unite in couples; to form a pair of; to bring together, as things which belong together, or which complement, or are adapted to one another, obsolete To impair