Verb

(head)

(join)

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

(head)

(add)

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.