ADD

ADD, verb transitive [Latin 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. Deuteronomy 19:9.4. To augment.Rehoboam said, I will add to your yoke. 1 Kings 12:11.Ye shall not add to the word which I command you. Deuteronomy 4:2.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 30:24, Matthew 6:27. In Galatians 2:6, 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.

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add. Add, v.t. to join or put to, increase, number up

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Add (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Added; p. pr. & vb. n. Adding.] [[L. addere; ad + dare to give, put. Cf. Date, Do.]] 1. 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. 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. Milton. As easily as he can add together the ideas of two days or two years. Locke. 3. 3. To append, as a statement; to say further.
He added that he would willingly consent to the entire abolition of the tax. Macaulay. Syn. — 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.