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   Join (join), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Joined (joind); p. pr. & vb. n. Joining.] [OE. joinen, joignen, F. joindre, fr. L. jungere to yoke, bind together, join; akin to jugum yoke. See Yoke, and cf. Conjugal, Junction, Junta.]
   
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   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.
   
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   Woe unto them that join house to house. Is. v. 8.
   
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   Held up his left hand, which did flame and burn
   
   Like twenty torches joined. Shak.
   
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   Thy tuneful voice with numbers join. Dryden.
   
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   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.”
   
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   We jointly now to join no other head. Dryden.
   
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   3. To unite in marriage.
   
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   He that joineth his virgin in matrimony. Wyclif.
   
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   What, therefore, God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. Matt. xix. 6.
   
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   4. To enjoin upon; to command. [Obs. & R.]
   
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   They join them penance, as they call it. Tyndale.
   
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   5. To accept, or engage in, as a contest; as, “to join encounter, battle, issue”.  Milton.
   
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   6. To meet with and accompany; as, “we joined them at the restaurant”.
   
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   7. To combine with (another person) in performing some activity; as, “join me in welcoming our new president”.
   
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   To join battle, To join issue. See under Battle, Issue.
   
   Syn. -- To add; annex; unite; connect; combine; consociate; couple; link; append. See Add.
   
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   Join, v. i. 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.”
   
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   Whose house joined hard to the synagogue. Acts xviii. 7.
   
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   Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? Ezra ix. 14.
   
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   Nature and fortune joined to make thee great. Shak.
   
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   Join, n.
   1. (Geom.) The line joining two points; the point common to two intersecting lines.  Henrici.
   
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   2. The place or part where objects have been joined; a joint; a seam.
   
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   3. (Computers) The combining of multiple tables to answer a query in a relational database system.
   
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