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Webster 1913 Edition


Join

Join

(join)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Joined
(joind)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Joining
.]
[OE.
joinen
,
joignen
, F.
joindre
, fr. L.
jungere
to yoke, bind together, join; akin to
jugum
yoke. See
Yoke
, and cf.
Conjugal
,
Junction
,
Junta
.]
1.
To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append.
Woe unto them that
join
house to house.
Is. v. 8.
Held up his left hand, which did flame and burn
Like twenty torches
joined
.
Shakespeare
Thy tuneful voice with numbers
join
.
Dryden.
2.
To associate one’s self to; to be or become connected with; to league one's self with; to unite with;
as, to
join
a party; to
join
the church.
We jointly now to
join
no other head.
Dryden.
3.
To unite in marriage.
He that
joineth
his virgin in matrimony.
Wyclif.
What, therefore, God hath
joined
together, let not man put asunder.
Matt. xix. 6.
4.
To enjoin upon; to command.
[Obs. & R.]
They
join
them penance, as they call it.
Tyndale.
5.
To accept, or engage in, as a contest;
as, to
join
encounter, battle, issue
.
Milton.
Syn. – To add; annex; unite; connect; combine; consociate; couple; link; append. See
Add
.

Join

,
Verb.
I.
To be contiguous, close, or in contact; to come together; to unite; to mingle; to form a union;
as, the bones of the skull
join
; two rivers
join
.
Whose house
joined
hard to the synagogue.
Acts xviii. 7.
Should we again break thy commandments, and
join
in affinity with the people of these abominations?
Ezra ix. 14.
Nature and fortune
joined
to make thee great.
Shakespeare

Join

,
Noun.
1.
(Geom.)
The line joining two points; the point common to two intersecting lines.
Henrici.

Webster 1828 Edition


Join

JOIN

,
Verb.
T.
[L. jungo, jungere; jungo for jugo, jugum; Eng. yoke;
Gr. a yoke, and a pair, to join.]
1.
To set or bring one thing in contiguity with another.
Woe to them that join house to house, that lay field to field. Is.5.
2.
To couple; to connect; to combine; as, to join ideas.
3.
To unite in league or marriage.
Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab. 2 Ch.18.
What God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. Matt.19.
4.
To associate.
Go near and join thyself to this chariot. Acts.8.
5.
To unite in any act.
Thy tuneful voice with numbers join.
6.
To unite in concord.
But that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind, and in the same judgment. 1 Cor.1.
The phrase, to join battle, is probably elliptical, for join in battle; or it is borrowed from the Latin, committere proelium, to send together the battle.
In general, join signifies to unite two entire things without breach or intermixture, by contact or contiguity, either temporary or permanent. It differs from connect, which signifies properly, to unite by an intermediate substance. But join, unite, and connect are often used synonymously.

JOIN

,
Verb.
I.
To grow to; to adhere. The place where two bones of the body join, is called a joint or articulation.
1.
To be contiguous, close or in contact; as when two houses join.
2.
To unite with in marriage, league, confederacy, partnership or society. Russia and Austria joined in opposition to Buonaparte's ambitious views. Men join in great undertakings, and in companies for trade or manufacture. They join in entertainments and amusements. They join in benevolent associations. It is often followed by with.
Any other may join with him that is injured, and assist him in recovering satisfaction.
Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? Ezra 9.

Definition 2024


join

join

English

Verb

join (third-person singular simple present joins, present participle joining, simple past and past participle joined)

  1. (transitive) To combine more than one item into one; to put together.
    The plumber joined the two ends of the broken pipe.   We joined our efforts to get an even better result.
  2. (intransitive) To come together; to meet.
    Parallel lines never join.   These two rivers join in about 80 miles.
  3. (transitive) To come into the company of.
    I will join you watching the football game as soon as I have finished my work.
    • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 4, in The Celebrity:
      No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.
  4. (transitive) To become a member of.
    Many children join a sports club.   Most politicians have joined a party.
    • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 22, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
      In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.
  5. (computing, databases, transitive) To produce an intersection of data in two or more database tables.
    By joining the Customer table on the Product table, we can show each customer's name alongside the products they have ordered.
  6. To unite in marriage.
    • John Wycliffe (1320-1384)
      he that joineth his virgin in matrimony
    • Bible, Matthew xix. 6
      What, therefore, God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
  7. (obsolete, rare) To enjoin upon; to command.
  8. To accept, or engage in, as a contest.
    to join encounter, battle, or issue
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)

Synonyms

Hyponyms

Translations

Noun

join (plural joins)

  1. An intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect.
  2. (computing, databases) An intersection of data in two or more database tables.
  3. (algebra) The lowest upper bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol .

Antonyms

  • (lowest upper bound): meet

Derived terms

Translations


Dalmatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin ūnus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): join

Numeral

join (plural joina)

  1. one

Finnish

Etymology 1

Verb

join

  1. First-person singular indicative past form of juoda.

Etymology 2

Noun

join

  1. Instructive plural form of joki.

Anagrams