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Webster 1913 Edition
Add
Add
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Added
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Adding
.] 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
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.
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
. Add
,Verb.
I.
1.
To make an addition. To add to, to augment; to increase;
“I will add to your yoke.” as, it
. adds
to our anxiety1 Kings xii. 14.
2.
To perform the arithmetical operation of addition;
as, he
. adds
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Add
ADD
,Verb.
T.
1.
To set or put together, join or unite, as one thing or sum to another, in an agreegate; as, add three to four, the sum is seven.2.
To unite in idea or consideration; to subjoin.To what has been alledged, let this argument be added.
3.
To increase number.Thou shalt add three cities more of refuge. Deut. 19.
4.
To augment.Rehoboam said, I will add to your yoke. 1Kings, 12.
Ye shall not add to the word which I command you. Deut. 4.
As here used, the verb is intransitive, but there may be an ellipsis.
To add to, is used in scripture, as equivalent to give, or bestow upon. Gen. 30, Matt. 6. In Gal. 2, the word is understood to signify instruction. 'In conference they added nothing to me.' In narration, he or they added, is elliptical; he added words, or what follows, or he continued his discourse.
In general, when used of things, add implies a principal thing, to which a smaller is to be annexed, as a part of the whole sum, mass, or number.