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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ADD, v.t. [L. addo, from ad and do, to give.]
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. Deutoronomy 19.
4. To augment.
Rehoboam said, I will add to your yoke. 1 Kings 12.
Ye shall not add to the word which I command you. Deutoronomy 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. Genesis 30, Matthew 6. In Galatians 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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders [syn: attention deficit disorder, ADD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD, hyperkinetic syndrome, minimal brain dysfunction, minimal brain damage, MBD] v
1: make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of; "We added two students to that dorm room"; "She added a personal note to her letter"; "Add insult to injury"; "Add some extra plates to the dinner table" [ant: take away, take out]
2: state or say further; "`It doesn't matter,' he supplied" [syn: add, append, supply]
3: bestow a quality on; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program" [syn: lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring]
4: make an addition by combining numbers; "Add 27 and 49, please!" [syn: add, add together] [ant: deduct, subtract, take off]
5: determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town" [syn: total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, tally, add up]
6: constitute an addition; "This paper will add to her reputation"

Merriam Webster's

verb Etymology: Middle English, from Latin addere, from ad- + -dere to put — more at do Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to join or unite so as to bring about an increase or improvement <adds 60 acres to his land> <wine adds a creative touch to cooking> 2. to say further ; append 3. to combine (numbers) into an equivalent simple quantity or number 4. to include as a member of a group <don't forget to add me in> intransitive verb 1. a. to perform addition b. to come together or unite by addition 2. a. to serve as an addition <the movie will add to his fame> b. to make an addition <added to her savings> • addable or addible adjective

Merriam Webster's

abbreviation 1. American Dialect Dictionary 2. attention deficit disorder

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 join (one thing to another) as an increase or supplement (add your efforts to mine; add insult to injury). 2 put together (two or more numbers) to find a number denoting their combined value. 3 say in addition (added a remark; added that I was wrong). Phrases and idioms: add in include. add-on something added to an existing object or quantity. add to increase; be a further item among (this adds to our difficulties). add up 1 find the total of. 2 (foll. by to) amount to; constitute (adds up to a disaster). 3 colloq. make sense; be understandable. Derivatives: added adj. Etymology: ME f. L addere (as AD-, dare put)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Add 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Add 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(adds, adding, added) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you add one thing to another, you put it in or on the other thing, to increase, complete, or improve it. Add the grated cheese to the sauce... Since 1908, chlorine has been added to drinking water... He wants to add a huge sports complex to Binfield Manor. VERB: V n to n, be V-ed to n, V n to n, also V n 2. If you add numbers or amounts together, you calculate their total. Banks add all the interest and other charges together... Two and three added together are five. ? subtract VERB: V pl-n with together • Add up means the same as add. More than a quarter of seven year-olds cannot add up properly... We just added all the numbers up and divided one by the other... He said the numbers simply did not add up. PHRASAL VERB: V P, V pl-n P, V P 3. If one thing adds to another, it makes the other thing greater in degree or amount. This latest incident will add to the pressure on the government... VERB: V to n 4. To add a particular quality to something means to cause it to have that quality. The generous amount of garlic adds flavour... Pictures add interest to plain painted walls. VERB: V n, V n to n 5. If you add something when you are speaking, you say something more. 'You can tell that he is extremely embarrassed,' Mr Brigden added... The President agreed, adding that he hoped for a peaceful solution. VERB: V with quote, V that 6. to add insult to injury: see insult

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

ADD is an abbreviation for attention deficit disorder.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

(1) epidiatassomai, "to add to," "to arrange in addition": Found only in Ga 3:15, which may thus be paraphrased: "To take a familiar illustration: even a man's will, when ratified, no third party may annul or supplement" (Dummelow, in the place cited.).

(2) epitithemi, "to put upon," "If any man shall add unto them, God shall add unto him the plagues" (Re 22:18). The book is not to be falsified by addition or excision (see BOOK) by the interpolation of unauthorized doctrines or the neglect of essential ones (compare De 4:2; 12:32).

See also IMPART; SUPPLY.

M. O. Evans

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Join, subjoin, annex, affix, adject, adjoin, append, superadd, tag, tack on, connect, say further. 2. Sum, sum up, cast up, add together, aggregate, reckon up, count up, foot up.

Moby Thesaurus

adjoin, affix, agglutinate, algebraize, amalgamate, annex, append, assimilate, attach, augment, blend, burden, calculate, cast, cipher, clutter, coalesce, combine, come together, complicate, compound, comprise, compute, conjoin, connect, consolidate, cumber, decorate, divide, dope out, embody, encompass, encumber, enlarge, estimate, extract roots, fasten, figure, figure in, figure out, flux, foot, fuse, glue on, hitch on, include, incorporate, increase, infix, integrate, interblend, interfuse, join, join with, lump together, make one, measure, meld, melt into one, merge, mix, multiply, ornament, paste on, plus, postfix, prefix, put together, put with, reckon, reembody, roll into one, saddle, saddle with, score, shade into, slap on, solidify, subjoin, subtract, suffix, sum, summate, superadd, superimpose, superpose, syncretize, syndicate, synthesize, tack on, tag, tag on, take account of, take on, tally, tot, total, tote, unify, unite, unite with, work out