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<blockquote>The Lord shall <b>add</b> to me another son. <i>Gen. xxx. 24.</i></blockquote>

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<p><b>2.</b> <def>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>as, to <ex>add</ex> numbers; to <ex>add</ex> up a column.</as></def>

<blockquote>Back to thy punishment, False fugitive, and to thy speed <b>add</b> wings. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>As easily as he can <b>add</b> together the ideas of two days or two years. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To append, as a statement; to say further.</def>

<blockquote>He <b>added</b> that he would willingly consent to the entire abolition of the tax. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- <er>To Add</er>, <er>Join</er>, <er>Annex</er>, <er>Unite</er>, <er>Coalesce</er>.</syn> <usage>We <uex>add</uex> by bringing things together so as to form a whole. We <uex>join</uex> by putting one thing to another in close or continuos connection. We <uex>annex</uex> by attaching some adjunct to a larger body. We <uex>unite</uex> by bringing things together so that their parts adhere or intermingle. Things <uex>coalesce</uex> by coming together or mingling so as to form one organization. To <uex>add</uex> quantities; to join houses; to <uex>annex</uex> territory; to <uex>unite</uex> kingdoms; to make parties <uex>coalesce</uex>.</syn>

<h1>Add</h1> <Xpage=20>

<hw>Add</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make an addition. <i>To add to</i>, to augment; to increase; <as>as, it <ex>adds</ex> to our anxiety</as>.</def> "I will <i>add</i> to your yoke."

<i>1 Kings xii. 14.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To perform the arithmetical operation of addition; <as>as, he <ex>adds</ex> rapidly</as>.</def>

<h1>Addable</h1> <Xpage=20>

<hw>Add"a*ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Add</ets>, v. + <ets>-able</ets>.]</ety> <def>Addible.</def>

<h1>Addax</h1> <Xpage=20>

<hw>Ad"dax</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the largest African antelopes <spn>(<spn>Hippotragus, &or; Oryx, nasomaculatus</spn>)</spn>.</def>

<note>&hand; It is now believed to be the <altname>Strepsiceros</altname> (twisted horn) of the ancients. By some it is thought to be the <i>pygarg</i> of the Bible.</note>

<h1>Addeem</h1> <Xpage=20>

<hw>Ad*deem"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>deem</ets>.]</ety> <def>To award; to adjudge.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Unto him they did <i>addeem</i> the prise."

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Addendum</h1> <Xpage=20>

<hw>Ad*den"dum</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Addenda</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>addere</ets> to add.]</ety> <def>A thing to be added; an appendix or addition.</def>

<cs><col>Addendum circle</col> <fld>(Mech.)</fld>, <cd>the circle which may be described around a circular spur wheel or gear wheel, touching the crests or tips of the teeth.</cd></cs>

<i>Rankine.</i>

<h1>Adder</h1> <Xpage=20>

<hw>Add"er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Add</er>.]</ety> <def>One who, or that which, adds; esp., a machine for adding numbers.</def>

<h1>Adder</h1> <Xpage=20>

<hw>Ad"der</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>addere</ets>, <ets>naddere</ets>, <ets>eddre</ets>, AS. <ets>n\'91dre</ets>, adder, snake; akin to OS. <ets>nadra</ets>, OHG. <ets>natra</ets>, <ets>natara</ets>, Ger. <ets>natter</ets>, Goth. <ets>nadrs</ets>, Icel. <ets>na\'ebr</ets>, masc., <ets>na\'ebra</ets>, fem.: cf. W. <ets>neidr</ets>, Gorn. <ets>naddyr</ets>, Ir. <ets>nathair</ets>, L. <ets>natrix</ets>, water snake. <ets>An adder</ets> is for <ets>a nadder</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A serpent.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "The <i>eddre</i> seide to the woman."