Join1, v. t.
(38), v. t. [imp. & p. p. JOINED; p. pr. & vb. n. JOINING.] [Fr. joindre, Pr. joindre, jonher, junher, It. giungere, from Lat. jungere, to yoke, bind together; Sp. & Pg. juntar; also from Lat. junctum, jungere.]
Sense 1. To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contiguity; to connect; to unite; to combine; to associate; to league.
Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field. Is. v. 8.
What, therefore, God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. Matt. xix. 6.
With the praise of arms and chivalry The prize of beauty still hath joined been. Spenser.
Thy tuneful voice with numbers join. Dryden.
Sense 2. To associate one’s self to; to be or become connected with; to unite with; to adjoin; as, to join a party; a house joins the next.
We jointly vow to join no other head. Dryden.
Sense 3. To produce or give rise to by bringing or using together; to effect a union.
Jehoshaphat . . . joined affinity with Ahab. 2 Chron. xviii. 1.
They should with resolute minds endure until they might join battle with their enemies. Knolles.
Sense 4. To enjoin upon; to command. [Obs. and rare.]
They join their penance, as they call it. Tyndale.
Synonyms—To add; annex; unite; connect; combine; associate; couple; link. See ADD.