Verb

(en verb)

To join or unite, as one thing to another, or as several particulars, so as to increase the number, augment the quantity or enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate. Hence: To sum up; to put together mentally.

* (rfdate) (John Locke)

as easily as he can add together the ideas of two days or two years.

To combine elements of (something) into one quantity.

To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on).

* 1611 , King James Version, Genesis 30:24:

The LORD shall add to me another son.

* 1667 , (John Milton), (Paradise Lost):

Back to thy punishment, False fugitive, and to thy speed add wings.

To append, as a statement; to say further.

* 1855 , (Thomas Babington Macaulay), The History of England from the Accession of James the Second , volume 3, page 37 [http://books.google.com/books?id=w_M9AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA37&dq=added]:

He added that he would willingly consent to the entire abolition of the tax

* 1900 , , (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz) Chapter 23

"Bless your dear heart," she said, "I am sure I can tell you of a way to get back to Kansas." Then she added , "But, if I do, you must give me the Golden Cap."

To make an addition. To add to, to augment; to increase.

* 1611 , King James Version, 1 Kings 12:14:

I will add to your yoke

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(mathematics) To perform the arithmetical operation of addition.

Verb

(obsolete) To arrive, come (to a place).

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*:& thenne the noble knyghte sire Launcelot departed with ryghte heuy chere sodenly / that none erthely creature wyste of hym / nor where he was become / but sir Bors

*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

*:But, madam, where is Warwick then become ?

(copulative) To come about; happen; come into being; arise.

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(copulative) begin to be; turn into.

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*{{quote-news, year=2012, date=May 13, author=Alistair Magowan, work=BBC Sport

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To be proper for; to befit.

*1930 , (Duff Cooper), Talleyrand , Folio Society, 2010, p.7:

*:His ordinationenabled him to be independent of his parents, and to afford a manner of living which became his rank rather than his calling.

Of an adornment, piece of clothing etc.: to look attractive on (someone).

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