*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). [ 1913 Webster ]

The Lord shall add to me another son. Gen. xxx. 24. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Back to thy punishment,
False fugitive, and to thy speed add wings. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

As easily as he can add together the ideas of two days or two years. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To append, as a statement; to say further. [ 1913 Webster ]

He added that he would willingly consent to the entire abolition of the tax. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To perform the arithmetical operation of addition; as, he adds rapidly. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Add, v. + -able. ] Addible. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) One of the largest African antelopes (Hippotragusnasomaculatus or Oryx nasomaculatus). [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It is now believed to be the Strepsiceros (twisted horn) of the ancients. By some it is thought to be the pygarg of the Bible. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. being in addition [ to something else ] [ Narrower terms: accessorial ] additional, further(prenominal), more(prenominal) --- (used with mass nouns: "takes on added significance"; "asked for additional help"; "we have further information"; "there will be further delays"; "kids have more fun than anybody") [ Narrower terms: another(prenominal), other(prenominal), else(postnominal), extra, intercalary ] [ Narrower terms: superimposed ] [ Narrower terms: supplementary, supplemental ] [ Narrower terms: value-added ] subtracted [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ Pref. a- + deem. ] To award; to adjudge. [ Obs. ] “Unto him they did addeem the prise.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a number that is added to another number. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n.; pl. Addenda [ L., fr. addere to add. ] A thing to be added; an appendix or addition. [ 1913 Webster ]

Addendum circle (Mech.), the circle which may be described around a circular spur wheel or gear wheel, touching the crests or tips of the teeth. Rankine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Add. ] One who, or that which, adds; esp., a machine for adding numbers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. addere, naddere, eddre, AS. nædre, adder, snake; akin to OS. nadra, OHG. natra, natara, Ger. natter, Goth. nadrs, Icel. naðr, masc., naðra, fem.: cf. W. neidr, Gorn. naddyr, Ir. nathair, L. natrix, water snake. An adder is for a nadder. ] 1. A serpent. [ Obs. ] “The eddre seide to the woman.” Wyclif. Gen. iii. 4. ) [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) (a) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The common European adder is the Vipera berus or Pelias berus. The puff adders of Africa are species of Clotho. (b) In America, the term is commonly applied to several harmless snakes, as the milk adder, puffing adder, etc. (c) Same as Sea Adder. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the sculptures the appellation is given to several venomous serpents, -- sometimes to the horned viper (Cerastles). [ 1913 Webster ]

A dragon fly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) (a) A genus of ferns (Ophioglossum), whose seeds are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue. (b) The yellow dogtooth violet. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The common bistort or snakeweed (Polygonum bistorta). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quantity of being addible; capability of addition. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being added. “Addible numbers.” Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Adze. [ Obs. ] Moxon. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. Addicted; devoted. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Addicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Addicting. ] [ L. addictus, p. p. of addicere to adjudge, devote; ad + dicere to say. See Diction. ] 1. To apply habitually; to devote; to habituate; -- with to. “They addict themselves to the civil law.” Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

He is addicted to his study. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

That part of mankind that addict their minds to speculations. Adventurer. [ 1913 Webster ]

His genius addicted him to the study of antiquity. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

A man gross . . . and addicted to low company. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To adapt; to make suitable; to fit. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The land about is exceedingly addicted to wood, but the coldness of the place hinders the growth. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Addict, Devote, Consecrate, Dedicate. Addict was formerly used in a good sense; as, addicted to letters; but is now mostly employed in a bad sense or an indifferent one; as, addicted to vice; addicted to sensual indulgence. “Addicted to staying at home.” J. S. Mill. Devote is always taken in a good sense, expressing habitual earnestness in the pursuit of some favorite object; as, devoted to science. Consecrate and dedicate express devotion of a higher kind, involving religious sentiment; as, consecrated to the service of the church; dedicated to God. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being addicted; attachment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. L. addictio an adjudging. ] The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination. “His addiction was to courses vain.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Ethiopia. Population (2000) = 2, 200, 186. [ PJC ]

[ Named from Thomas Addison, M. D., of London, who first described it. ] (Med.) A morbid condition causing a peculiar brownish discoloration of the skin, hypotension, and loss of weight; it is due to insufficient secretion of adrenocortical hormones. Untreated disease is usually fatal. Called also chronic adrenocortical insufficiency [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

n. [ L. additamentum, fr. additus, p. p. of addere to add. ] An addition, or a thing added. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

My persuasion that the latter verses of the chapter were an additament of a later age. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. addition, L. additio, fr. addere to add. ] 1. The act of adding two or more things together; -- opposed to subtraction or diminution. “This endless addition or addibility of numbers.” Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Anything added; increase; augmentation; as, a piazza is an addition to a building. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Math.) That part of arithmetic which treats of adding numbers. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mus.) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Law) A title annexed to a man's name, to identify him more precisely; as, John Doe, Esq.; Richard Roe, Gent.; Robert Dale, Mason; Thomas Way, of New York; a mark of distinction; a title. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Her.) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honor; -- opposed to abatement. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vector addition (Geom.), that kind of addition of two lines, or vectors, AB and BC, by which their sum is regarded as the line, or vector, AC. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Increase; accession; augmentation; appendage; adjunct. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Added; supplemental; in the way of an addition. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Something added. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By way of addition. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Additional. [ R. ] Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. addititius, fr. addere. ] Additive. [ R. ] Sir J. Herschel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. additivus. ] (Math.) Proper to be added; positive; -- opposed to subtractive. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to add; making some addition. [ R. ] Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. adel, AS. adela, mud. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Liquid filth; mire. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Lees; dregs. [ Prov. Eng. ] Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Addled p. pr. & vb. n. Addling ] To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain. “Their eggs were addled.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ OE. adlen, adilen, to gain, acquire; prob. fr. Icel. öðlask to acquire property, akin to oðal property. Cf. Allodial. ] 1. To earn by labor. [ Prov. Eng. ] Forby. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To thrive or grow; to ripen. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Kill ivy, else tree will addle no more. Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. A foolish or dull-witted fellow. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Dull-witted; stupid. “The addle-brained Oberstein.” Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dull and addle-pated. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Stupidity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ See Addle, to earn. ] Earnings. [ Prov. Eng. ] Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. a- + doom. ] To adjudge. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ad + dorsum, back: cf. F. adossé. ] (Her.) Set or turned back to back. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Addressed p. pr. & vb. n. Addressing. ] [ OE. adressen to raise erect, adorn, OF. adrecier, to straighten, address, F. adresser, fr. à (L. ad) + OF. drecier, F. dresser, to straighten, arrange. See Dress, v. ] 1. To aim; to direct. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

And this good knight his way with me addrest. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To prepare or make ready. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

His foe was soon addressed. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Turnus addressed his men to single fight. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The five foolish virgins addressed themselves at the noise of the bridegroom's coming. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Reflexively: To prepare one's self; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake. [ 1913 Webster ]

These men addressed themselves to the task. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To clothe or array; to dress. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Tecla . . . addressed herself in man's apparel. Jewel. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To direct, as words (to any one or any thing); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any one, an audience). [ 1913 Webster ]

The young hero had addressed his players to him for his assistance. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to; to accost. [ 1913 Webster ]

Are not your orders to address the senate? Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

The representatives of the nation addressed the king. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit; as, he addressed a letter. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. (Com.) To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor; as, the ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore. [ 1913 Webster ]

To address one's self to. (a) To prepare one's self for; to apply one's self to. (b) To direct one's speech or discourse to. --
To address the ball (Golf), to take aim at the ball, adjusting the grip on the club, the attitude of the body, etc., to a convenient position. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To prepare one's self. [ Obs. ] “Let us address to tend on Hector's heels.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To direct speech. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Young Turnus to the beauteous maid addrest. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The intransitive uses come from the dropping out of the reflexive pronoun. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. adresse. See Address, v. t. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Act of preparing one's self. [ Obs. ] Jer Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Act of addressing one's self to a person; verbal application. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A formal communication, either written or spoken; a discourse; a speech; a formal application to any one; a petition; a formal statement on some subject or special occasion; as, an address of thanks, an address to the voters. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Manner of speaking to another; delivery; as, a man of pleasing or insinuating address. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Attention in the way one's addresses to a lady. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Speech; discourse; harangue; oration; petition; lecture; readiness; ingenuity; tact; adroitness. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. marked with a destination; -- of mail [ Narrower terms: self-addressed ] unaddressed [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One to whom anything is addressed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of addressing or directing one's course. [ Rare & Obs. ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a printer that automatically prints addresses on letters for mailing.
Syn. -- addressing machine [ WordNet 1.5 ]