Add (&?;), v. i. 1. To
make an addition. To add to, to augment; to increase; as, it adds to our anxiety. "I will add to your
yoke." 1 Kings xii. 14.
2. To perform the arithmetical operation of addition; as, he adds rapidly.
Add (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Added; p. pr. & vb. n.
Adding.]
[L. addere; ad + dare to give, put.
Cf. Date, Do.]
1. To give
by way of
increased possession (to any one);
to bestow (on).
The
Lord shall add to me another son.
Gen. xxx. 24.
2. To join or unite, as one
thing to another, or as several particulars, so as to increase the number, augment the quantity, enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one
aggregate. Hence: To sum up; to put together mentally; as, to add
numbers; to add up a column.
Back to thy punishment,
False fugitive, and to thy speed
add wings.
Milton.
As easily as he can add together the ideas of two
days or two years.
Locke.
3. To append, as
a statement; to say further.
He added that he would willingly consent to the entire
abolition of the tax.
Macaulay.
Syn. --
To Add, Join, Annex, Unite, Coalesce.
We add by bringing things together so as to form a whole.
We join by putting one thing to
another in close or continuos connection. We annex by attaching some adjunct to a larger body.
We unite by bringing things together so that their
parts adhere or intermingle. Things coalesce by coming together or mingling so as
to form one
organization. To add quantities; to join houses; to annex territory; to unite kingdoms; to make parties coalesce.
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