Verb

(en verb)

To combine more than one item into one; to put together.

To come together; to meet.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

Nature and fortune joined to make thee great.

To come into the company of.

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To become a member of.

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(computing, databases, transitive) To produce an intersection of data in two or more database tables.

To unite in marriage.

* (John Wycliffe) (1320-1384)

he that joineth his virgin in matrimony

* Bible, (w) xix. 6

What, therefore, God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

(obsolete, rare) To enjoin upon; to command.

* (William Tyndale) (1494-1536)

They join them penance, as they call it.

To accept, or engage in, as a contest.

(Milton)

Verb

(seiz)

to deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture

to take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance)

to take possession of (by force, law etc.)

to seize smuggled goods

to seize a ship after libeling

to have a sudden and powerful effect upon

a panic seized the crowd

a fever seized him

(nautical) to bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line

to seize two fish-hooks back to back

to seize or stop one rope on to another

(obsolete) to fasten, fix

to lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon)

to seize on the neck of a horse

The text which had seized upon his heart with such comfort and strength abode upon him for more than a year.'' (''Southey , Bunyan, p. 21)

to have a seizure

* 2012 , Daniel M. Avery, Tales of a Country Obstetrician

Nearing what she thought was a climax, he started seizing and fell off her. Later, realizing he was dead, she became alarmed and dragged the body to his vehicle to make it look like he had died in his truck.

to bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up

Rust caused the engine to seize , never to run again.

(UK) to submit for consideration to a deliberative body.