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Add v. t. (past & past part. added; pres. part. adding)

1.

To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on). "The Lord shall add to me another son."

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." "As easily as he can add together the ideas of two days or two years."

3.

To append, as a statement; to say further. "He added that he would willingly consent to the entire abolition of the tax."

Synonyms: 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.

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."

2.

To perform the arithmetical operation of addition; as, he adds rapidly.

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... with me on these occasions, I am sorry to say that I felt rather frightened; and, now that some of the enthusiasm had gone out of me, and I began to calmly contemplate what we had undertaken to do, truth compels me to add that I did not like it. We were but thirty men all told, a good many of whom were no doubt quite unused to fighting, and we were going to engage two hundred and fifty of the fiercest, bravest, and most formidable savages in Africa, who, ...

— Allan Quatermain • by H. Rider Haggard

... be noted, is set on a slant to add comfort. Thoroughly clean all the parts and assemble them, using good hot glue. Put the back together first, then the front. After these have dried, put the ...

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— The Brothers Karamazov • Fyodor Dostoyevsky

... his wife would add weight to the protest, but they remained silent, staring curiously at the inventor, as, indeed, they had throughout. Now she thought of it, she realized that the two had remained practically aloof from the discussion that ...

— The Best Short Stories of 1917 - and the Yearbook of the American Short Story • Various

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