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

(combin)

To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite.

* (John Dryden)

You with your foes combine , / And seem your own destruction to design.

* Sir (Walter Scott)

So sweet did harp and voice combine .

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To have two or more things or properties that function together.

Joe combines the intelligence of a rock with the honesty of a politician.

To come together; to unite.

two substances that easily combine

(card games) In the game of casino, to play a card which will take two or more cards whose aggregate number of pips equals those of the card played.

(obsolete) To bind; to hold by a moral tie.

* (William Shakespeare)

I am combined by a sacred vow.