Join
Join (join) , transitive verb
[Old English joinen, joignen, French joindre, from Latin jungere to yoke, bind together, join; akin to jugum yoke. See Yoke, and compare Conjugal, Junction, Junta.]
1.
To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append.
Woe unto them that join house to house.
Held up his left hand, which did flame and burn
Like twenty torches joined.
Thy tuneful voice with numbers join.
2.
To associate one's self to; to be or become connected with; to league one's self with; to unite with; as, to join a party; to join the church.
We jointly now to join no other head.
3.
To unite in marriage.
He that joineth his virgin in matrimony.
What, therefore, God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
4.
To enjoin upon; to command. [Obsolete & Rare]
They join them penance, as they call it.
5.
To accept, or engage in, as a contest; as, to join encounter, battle, issue. — Milton
6.
To meet with and accompany; as, we joined them at the restaurant.
7.
To combine with (another person) in performing some activity; as, join me in welcoming our new president.
Join , intransitive verb
To be contiguous, close, or in contact; to come together; to unite; to mingle; to form a union; as, the bones of the skull join; two rivers join.
Whose house joined hard to the synagogue.
Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations?
Nature and fortune joined to make thee great.
Join , noun
1.
(Geometry) The line joining two points; the point common to two intersecting lines. — Henrici
2.
The place or part where objects have been joined; a joint; a seam.
3.
(Computers) The combining of multiple tables to answer a query in a relational database system.