liaise

Back-formation from liaison, itself from French liaison (“binding”), from Latin ligātiō (English ligation), derived from ligō (“I bind”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- (“to bind”).

• IPA^(key): /liːˈeɪz/
• Rhymes: -eɪz

liaise (third-person singular simple present liaises, present participle liaising, simple past and past participle liaised)

1. To establish a liaison.
2. To act between parties with a view to reconciling differences.
3. To cooperate, consult and discuss in order to come to a common solution.