joinn.
/dʒɔɪn/, U.S. /dʒɔɪn/ An act of joining, or the fact of being joined; concrete the formation or the place in which two things or parts of a thing are joined, a line of junction, a joining. Also join-up.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] > a join or junction
juncturea1382
jointure1382
joiningc1384
commissure?c1425
shuttingc1440
concourse?a1560
abutment1644
internodium1653
shut1721
uniting1728
conjuncture1747
join1825
junction1841
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] > becoming joined
assembly1330
coition?1541
concourse1570
coiture1578
closea1616
concurrence1656
closing1793
join-up1969
1825 E. Hewlett Cottage Comforts v. 36 Saving sixpence..by having a join, which a good needlewoman can do in half an hour.
1884 H. R. Haweis My Musical Mem. iii. 89 The obvious join between the neck and the head of old violins.
1894 T. A. Cook Old Touraine II. 187 To hide the join of the old masonry with the new.
1901 N.E.D. at Join Mod. Let us see what sort of a join you have made. That is not a very good join.
1945 A. Lunn Third Day v. 47 If we are expected to accept the hypothesis of a second-century compiler who worked his heterogeneous materials into an artistic unity with..skill we may ask why the join-ups between the ‘we’ sections and the rest of the Acts are so inartistic.
1969 Sun 22 July 1/2 On the join-up, Eagle and Columbia ended their separate existences [as space vehicles] and became Apollo-11 again.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
joinv.1
/dʒɔɪn/, U.S. /dʒɔɪn/ I. transitive. To put together, to unite one thing to another, in any kind of connection physical or immaterial.† 4. To put (something) to another thing or things, so as to increase the amount or number; to add, annex; to add in contribution. Obsolete.
1. † b. To harness (horses, etc. together, or to a vehicle, or the vehicle to the horses); to yoke.† c. To combine in a mixture. Obsolete.
a. To put (things) together, so that they become physically united or continuous; to fasten, attach, connect, unite (one thing to another); also, to connect by means of something intervening or attached to each, e.g. two islands by a bridge.
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1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 1616 Þe soule þoru godes grace out of helle he broȝte, & to is bodi is ioinede, & ȝef him cristendom.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xli. 7 Oon to oon is ioyned.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 264/1 Ioynyn, or ionyon, jungo, compagino.
1483 Cath. Angl. 199/2 To Iunge (A. Iune), adiungere, apponere.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 876 Some of them are..strangely ioyned without morter.
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 120 Onely a lake when the River overfloweth; joyned thereunto by a chanell.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 77 Consisting of many Ilands joyned with Bridges.
1713 A. Pope Windsor-Forest 17 Oceans join whom they did first divide.
1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture II. 114/1 Joyn the ends of the Timbers together.
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 567 Fig. 569 shews how two pieces may be joined by..a niche.
1885 H. W. Watson & S. H. Burbury Math. Theory Electr. & Magn. I. 244 The pairs are said to be joined in series.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [verb (transitive)] > harness or yoke
yokeOE
harness13..
cart-saddle1377
join1377
couple1393
enharness1490
benda1522
bind1535
span1550
team1552
spang1580
inyoke1595
trace1605
enclose?1615
gear1638
to get in1687
reharness1775
reyoke1813
to hook up1825
inspan1834
hitch1844
pole1846
stock1909
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [verb (transitive)] > yoke (a horse, cart, or carriage)
join1377
couple1393
bind1535
to put in1709
to put to1732
to hook up1825
inspan1834
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xix. 260 Grace gaue Piers a teme,..And ioigned to hem one Iohan most gentil of alle, Þe prys nete of Piers plow, passyng alle other.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. xlvi. 4 Ioyneth hors, and steȝeth vp, ȝee hors men.
1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope iii. ii I haue ioyned and bound [a bull and an ox] bothe to gyder.
1621 G. Sandys tr. Ovid First Five Bks. Metamorphosis ii. 32 He bade the light-foot Hours, without delay To ioyn his Steeds.
a1727 I. Newton Chronol. Anc. Kingdoms Amended (1728) i. 144 It was Erechtheus that first joyned a chariot to horses.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)]
mingeOE
blandOE
mongle?c1225
meddlec1350
sprengea1382
compoundc1384
intermeddlec1384
temperc1386
mell1387
found?c1390
joinc1400
intermell1413
commix?a1425
medley?a1425
mix?a1425
amenge?c1450
immix?a1475
immixt?a1475
minglea1475
tremp1480
commixt1481
incarry1486
mixtionc1500
mixta1513
demelle1516
confect1540
intermixt1551
intermingle1555
bemix1559
intermix1562
contemper1567
blenge1570
bemingle1574
contemperate1590
masha1591
commeddle1604
immingle1606
blenda1616
intemper1627
commingle1648
conferment1651
subigate1657
to mix up1672
mould1701
meine1736
caudle1795
combine1799
interblenda1849
inmix1892
meld1936
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 24 He [the ligament] is ioyned wiþ senewis to make cordis and brawnes.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Biv And so ioyned with the golde, it is of more fresshe colour.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 593/1 All the worlde can nat joyne fyre and water togyther.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §50 Pistachoes..joyned with Almonds in almond milk,.. are an excellent nourisher.
d. Geometry. To connect (two points) by a straight line; to draw the straight line between.
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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > form or represent geometrically [verb (transitive)] > construct or manipulate geometric object
to pull out?a1560
apply1570
coapt1570
quadrate1623
raise1647
join1660
range1670
project1673
rabat1868
unsquare1872
1660 tr. I. Barrow Euclide's Elements i. 13 If D falls without the triangle ACB, let CD be joyned.
1660 tr. I. Barrow Euclide's Elements i. 18 Join FC, and IC; and produce ACG.
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 686 Describe a circle, cutting the ellipsis in the four points k, l, m, n; join k, l, and m, n.
1885 C. Leudesdorf tr. L. Cremona Elements Projective Geom. 72 The straight line which joins a pair of corresponding points.
2. To put or bring into close contact, cause to touch each other. to join hands: see 19.
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the world > space > distance > nearness > be near to [verb (transitive)] > place near > place in contact
joinc1369
toucha1400
osculate1672
c1369 G. Chaucer Bk. Duchesse 393 A whelpe..Hylde doun hys hede and ioyned hys erys.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xx. 333 Kynge Boors..ioyned his feet and lept vpon the deed bodyes of men..that he hadde slain.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Ioyne lyppes, collabello.
1609 Bible (Douay) I. Num. xxii. 25 The asse..ioyned her~selfe close to the wal, and brused the foote of him that ridde.
1662 R. Mathews Unlearned Alchymist (new ed.) §85. 115 Alwayes ready to join my shoulder unto him that is ready to fall.
1717 A. Pope Eloisa to Abelard in Wks. 435 O'er the pale marble shall they join their heads.
3. To put together, combine, unite (immaterial things, or one with or to another or a person).
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > combine [verb (transitive)] > immaterial things
join1340
combine1529
conjoin1588
incorporate1599
to run up1859
elide1952
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 247 Þe yefþe of wysdom..þet is alsuo y-goyned to god.
c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) ii. pr. vi. 43 The yiftes of fortune..neyther they ne Ioignen hem nat alwey to goode men, ne makyn hem alwey goode to whom they ben I-ioigned.
1423 Kingis Quair cxxxiii Lat wisedom ay vnto thy will be Iunyt.
1553 T. Wilson Arte Rhetorique (1580) 169 When we have learned usual and accustomable wordes to set forthe our meanyng, wee ought to ioyne them together in apt order.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccxlvijv That they..may ioyne theyr prayers with his, that is, with God & religion.
1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iii. xxii. 187 By reason of continuall moisture ioyned to the heate of the burning Zone.
1626 F. Bacon New Atlantis 15 in Sylua Syluarum That King also still desiring to ioyn Humanity and Pollicy together.
1700 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding (new ed.) ii. xxxiii. 225 Two Ideas, that they have been accustom'd so to join in their Minds, as to substitute one for the other.
1882 B. A. Hinsdale Garfield & Educ. ii. 248 The disaster that may be brought upon us by ignorance and vice in the citizen when joined to corruption and fraud in the suffrage.
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c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 1008 Ȝet Ioyned Iohan þe crysolyt, Þe sevenþe gemme in fundament.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection Pref. sig. Aii Ioynynge also therto the gostly exercise and experience of holy fathers.
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. ix. 42 b Terpandre the famous Musition, which ioined the seventh string to the quadricord.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 232 Who, with a Charme ioynd to their suffred labour I haue left asleep. View more context for this quotation
1645 J. Ussher Body of Divin. (1647) 411 Those five other Sacraments..joyned by the Papists, are superfluous.
1693 J. Dryden Disc. conc. Satire in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires p. viii Obsolete Words may then be laudably reviv'd..when their Obscurity is taken away, by joining other Words to them which clear the Sense.
1711 A. Pope Ess. Crit. 21 While Expletives their feeble Aid do join.
5. † b. reflexive. To attach oneself to, associate oneself with, or go into the company of; to go up to. Obsolete.
a. To bring or put (persons, troops, etc.) into one body or company; to unite, combine. to join forces, figurative to combine efforts.
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society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > associate for common purpose [verb (intransitive)]
jousta1325
ally?a1400
joinc1400
associe1441
confederc1460
to stick together1525
band1530
to join forces1560
colleaguec1565
alliance1569
to enter league1578
unite1579
interleague1590
confederate1591
to join hands1598
combine1608
injointa1616
combinda1626
bandy1633
comply1646
federate1648
leaguea1649
associate1653
coalesce1657
to understand each other1663
sociate1688
to row in the same (also in one) boat1787
rendezvous1817
to make common cause (with)1845
to sing the same song1846
cahoot1857
to gang up1910
jungle1922
society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [verb (transitive)]
join1560
society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > associate with for common purpose [verb (transitive)] > bring into association
allyc1325
confeder1380
sociea1387
associate1398
sociate1485
companya1500
band1530
confederate1532
aggregate1534
colleague1535
join1560
enter1563
bandy1597
league1611
colligate1613
club1656
fraternize1656
federalize1787
brigade1831
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccxxiiijv That he myghte ioyne the munition of hys brother..& hys owne to gether.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 60 Tha conclude, and propones to June thair forces against the Erle Douglas.
1615 J. Stephens Ess. & Characters (new ed.) 341 His first..is to joyne forces, and make up his defects of pollicy..by partaking in anothers projects.
1715 J. Vanbrugh Country House i, in Wks. (1840) 462/2 Let's join companies.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. xi. 256 All the ships being joined, the Commodore made a signal to speak with their Commanders.
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society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > associate with [verb (reflexive)]
join13..
fellowshipa1382
adjoin1533
to put together1556
piece1579
sort1579
mixture1582
troopa1592
consort1597
identify1718
associate1881
13.. K. Alis. 4030 He a knyght of Grece slowgh..And joined him us among.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds viii. 29 Come to, and ioyne thee to this chare.
a1400–50 Alexander 1284 He..Ioynes him to Iosaphat: full ioyles he rydes.
1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 167 Seeing these men..to flie,..and to ioine themselves with the Governors his adversaries.
1611 Bible (King James) Acts viii. 29 Then the Spirit saide vnto Philip, Goe neere, and ioyne thy selfe to this charet.
6.
a. To link or unite (persons, etc. together, or one with or to another) in marriage, friendship, or any kind of association, alliance, or relationship; to unite, associate, ally.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > join (together) [verb (transitive)]
gatherc725
fayOE
samc1000
join1297
conjoinc1374
enjoinc1384
assemble1393
compound1393
sociea1398
annex?c1400
ferec1400
marrowc1400
combinec1440
annectc1450
piece?c1475
combind1477
conjunge1547
associate1578
knit1578
sinew1592
splinter1597
patch1604
accouple1605
interjoina1616
withjoina1627
league1645
contignate1651
to bring on1691
splice1803
pan1884
suture1886
society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > associate with [verb (transitive)] > join persons together in association
samc1175
join1297
associec1380
companiona1616
to throw together1772
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (transitive)] > join in marriage
wedOE
join1297
spousec1325
bind1330
couplea1340
to put togethera1387
conjoin1447
accouple1548
matea1593
solemnize1592
espouse1599
faggot1607
noose1664
to give (also conjoin, join, take) in (also to, into) marriage1700
rivet1700
to tie the knot1718
buckle1724
unite1728
tack1732
wedlock1737
marry1749
splice1751
to turn off1759
to tie up1894
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 7257 Normandie þoru þe king & þoru þe quene engelond Iioyned were þo kundeliche as in one monnes hond.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 88 Þis loue and þis wylnynge þet ioyneþ and oneþ zuo þe herte to god.
1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. ii. 106 An ȝif þe Iustise wol Iugge hire to be Ioynet with Fals, Ȝit be-war of þe weddyng.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. lxv Any waie or meane by the whiche he might reconcile and ioyne in amitee the twoo greate and mightie kynges of Englande and of Fraunce.
1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Matrimonie f. xiii* We are gathered together..to ioyne together this man, and this woman in holy matrimonie.
1611 Bible (King James) Matt. xix. 6 What therefore God hath joyned together, let not man put asunder. View more context for this quotation
1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World v. i. §96. 468/1 He was joined Emperour with his Father in his Fathers life-time.
1721 E. Young Revenge iv. i. 45 Life is the Desart, Life the Solitude, Death joins us to the great Majority.
1845 J. Lingard Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church (ed. 3) II. xii. 248 With these learned foreigners, the king joined four Anglo-Saxons.
b. reflexive. To unite, associate, or ally oneself (with, to); to enter into alliance.
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society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > associate for common purpose [verb (reflexive)]
ally?a1400
fellowc1425
accompanya1470
associatea1513
band1530
confederate1531
join1535
rely1577
interleague1590
bandy1597
colleague1599
identify1780
solidarize1888
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Exod. i. 10 Yf there shulde ryse vp eny warre agaynst vs, they might ioyne them selues also vnto oure enemies.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. viij The best felowe & companion that a man in aduersitie can associat or ioyne him self withal.
1611 Bible (King James) Luke xv. 15 He went and ioyned himselfe to a Citizen of that Countrey. View more context for this quotation
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 11 Prone to joyne themselves purchasers with God, in this great worke.
1882 R. L. Stevenson New Arabian Nights I. 95 You join yourselves to persons of condition..for no other purpose than to escape the consequences of your crimes.
1904 S. J. Weyman Abbess of Vlaye ii. 41 Had I known of what sort they were to whom I was joining myself.
II. intransitive. To come or be put together in any kind of connection physical or immaterial.† 11. Astrology. To come into conjunction. Also passive. To be in conjunction. See conjunction n. 3.
7. To come or be brought into material contact or connection; to become connected or fastened together; to combine, unite physically.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > be or become joined together [verb (intransitive)]
loukOE
joinc1330
accede?a1475
withjoina1500
knit1548
close1551
conjoin1578
cojoina1616
copulate1645
convene1666
c1330 Arth. & Merl. 5426 Alle the other com after tho, Ioinand bi hond to and to.
1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde i. xvii. 51 Therfore behoueth us to Ioyne to the erthe.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 592/2 The ryver of Tames begynneth where Tame and Yse ioyne togyther.
1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 ii. i. 29 See, see, they ioine [1623 ioyne], embrace, and seeme to kisse.
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 101 Long taild (being thicke where it joynes to the body).
1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 150 Two timber-beams, joyning angle-wise under it.
1639 T. B. tr. J.-P. Camus Certain Moral Relations in S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 308 All he could doe, was to make the Serpents head joyne to the tayle, I meane, make the first day of the yeare touch the last without borrowing.
1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 6 In twisting into a thread they joyn, and lie so close together, as to lose their own, and destroy each others particular reflections.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 198 The female joins with the male, as is asserted, more humano, and once in two years feels the accesses of desire.
1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I I. iv. 90 Parallel lines can no more join together in politics than in geometry.
1901 N.E.D. at Join Mod. colloq. I tried to fit the pieces together, but they wouldn't join.
8. (Expressing the resulting condition.) To be in contact; to be contiguous or adjacent; to adjoin. †Const. to, upon, with.
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the world > space > distance > nearness > be near [verb (intransitive)] > be adjacent
joinc1325
adjoin1425
marge1494
limit1613
sidea1647
verge1789
abut1826
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > put forward [verb (transitive)] > attack with arguments
objectc1460
assaila1500
assault1551
wring1567
contestate?1572
question1613
join1632
contest1663
concert1689
c1325 Coer de L. 4082 Under the brygge there is a swyke, Corven clos, joynand queyntlyke.
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 813 Here browes Ioyneden y-fere.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 751 Þat preui pleyng place..Ioyned wel iustly to meliors chamber.
1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VII. 307 Þey haveþ þrittene celles.. bote þey joyneþ al to gidres.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) vi. 22 Araby..ioynes apon Ydumee.
1480 W. Caxton Descr. Brit. 21 Cornewayle is in englond and ioyneth to deuenshire.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts xviii. 7 Iustus..whose house ioyned harde to the sinagoge.
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. xiii. 47 Two sides are washed by the sea, and the thyrd ioyneth vnto the firme land.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. 24 Whose breadth is narrow, and where it joyneth with both seas, it is but sixty miles.
1781 S. Peters Gen. Hist. Connecticut 164 The houses are..well built, but, as I have observed in general of the towns on Connecticut, do not join.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 443 It joins to the sea on the east side of the island.
1901 N.E.D. at Join Mod. On the side where the two gardens join.
9. Of non-physical contact:† a. To come close together in time; to follow or precede something else immediately. Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > accompaniment > accompany [verb (intransitive)] > accompany each other
joinc1540
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > ensue or come next [verb (intransitive)] > follow or precede immediately
join1697
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 11882 The last Ioy of ioly men Ioynys with sorow.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 144 Three flashes of blue Light'ning gave the sign Of Cov'nants broke, three peals of Thunder joyn . View more context for this quotation
b. To come together or exist together, in operation, as associated qualities, etc.
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1593 Queen Elizabeth I tr. Boethius De Consolatione Philosophiæ in Queen Elizabeth's Englishings (1899) ii. met. vi. 37 O grevous hap whan wicked Sword To cruel Venom Joingnes.
1639 S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 53 The condition of a souldiour, and that of a merchant are not used to joyne together.
1711 A. Pope Ess. Crit. 22 Where Denham's Strength, and Waller's Sweetness join [rhyme line].
1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xxxvi. 56 Tho' truths in manhood darkly join . View more context for this quotation
10. † a. To attach oneself to, associate oneself with (= sense 5b). Obsolete.
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society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > associate together or with [verb (intransitive)]
mingc1275
company1387
joinc1390
meddlec1390
herd?a1400
fellowshipc1430
enfellowship1470
to step in1474
accompany?1490
yoke?a1513
to keep with ——c1515
conjoin1532
wag1550
frequent1577
encroach1579
consort1588
sort1595
commerce1596
troop1597
converse1598
to keep (also enter, come into, etc.) commons1598
to enter common1604
atone1611
to walk (also travel) in the way with1611
minglea1616
consociate1638
associate1644
corrive1647
co-unite1650
walk1650
cohere1651
engage1657
mix1667
accustom1670
to make one1711
coalite1735
commerciate1740
to have nothing to say to (also with)1780
gang?1791
companion1792
mess1795
matea1832
comrade1865
to go around1904
to throw in with1906
to get down1975
society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > associate with [verb (transitive)]
seeOE
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mella1300
meeta1325
fellow1340
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joinc1390
knitc1400
accompany1461
enfellowship1470
frequent1477
haunt1477
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encompanya1533
combinea1535
contract1548
to take with ——1562
associate1581
to have a saying toa1593
cope1594
sort1594
to take in1597
consort1600
herd1606
factionate1611
to keep company (with)a1616
accost1633
solder1641
converse1649
walk1650
consociate1653
coalite1734
to get with ——a1772
forgather1786
unionize1810
to go rounda1867
to mix in1870
cop1940
c1390 (?c1350) Joseph of Arimathie (1871) l. 407 Hiderward he ioynes, with sixti þousent..of clene men of Armes, And Fifti þousend fot-men.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 512 His comaundment to kepe sho hir course held, and Ioynet by Iason iustly to sit.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. l His horsmen..to ioyne with him against the rereward of Fraunce.
1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 255 That such as followed the kings partie..might ioine with them.
1679 W. Penn Addr. Protestants ii. 87 Philip joyn'd to him and askt him, If he understood what he read?
b. Of two or more: To come together, come into company.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [verb (intransitive)] > combine
unite1692
join1706
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of people or animals
gathera975
ensemblea1300
drawc1300
semble1389
herd1393
assemblea1400
routa1400
sanka1400
trume?a1400
musterc1425
convene1429
resemblea1450
to draw together1455
forgather1513
accompany1534
troop1565
congregate1570
to get together1575
parliament?1589
accoil1590
join1706
to roll up1817
congressa1850
to round up1879
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) To Joyn, to..come together, to agree.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xviii. 235 These orders had been given before it was known at Versailles that the Dutch and English fleets had joined.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the universe > planet > position of planet > aspect > [verb (transitive)] > conjunction
joinc1400
c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §4. 19 And that he be nat retrograd ne combust, ne ioigned with no shrewe in the same signe.
1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xxxiii. 161 Whan clere Diana joyned with Mercury, The crystall ayre and assured firmament Were all depured.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 460 Observe the starry Signs, Where Saturn houses, and where Hermes joins . View more context for this quotation
12. To come together or meet in conflict; to engage in conflict, encounter. ? Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > contend in battle or give battle [verb (intransitive)] > join or meet in battle
to come togetherOE
to lay togetherc1275
smitec1275
to have, keep, make, smite, strike, battle1297
joustc1330
meetc1330
copec1350
assemblea1375
semblea1375
coup?a1400
to fight togethera1400
strikea1400
joinc1400
to join the battle1455
to commit battle?a1475
rencounter1497
to set ina1500
to pitch a battlea1513
concura1522
rescounter1543
scontre1545
journey1572
shock1575
yoke1581
to give in1610
mix1697
to engage a combat1855
to run (or ride) a-tilt1862
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > meeting or encounter > meet or encounter [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of people
meeteOE
joinc1400
to meet up1884
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 97 Oþer sum segg hym bi-soȝt of sum siker knyȝt To joyne wyth hym in iustyng, in joparde to lay.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 593/1 Thoughe he be called never so peryllous, I dare joyne with hym.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 12965 Þat he might ryde with þat Orest & his ranke oste, To Ioyne with Engest for his vniust werkes.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. lxxxijv When both armies were ready to ioyne in battel.
1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 289 The captaine with great dexteritie to avoide the shotte, ioyned with them towards the prooe, and boorded the gallion.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 i. ii. 209 Looke you pray..that our armies ioyne [1623 ioyn] not in a hote day. View more context for this quotation
1714 A. Pope Rape of Lock (new ed.) iii. 21 Strait the three Bands prepare in Arms to join.
13.
a. To enter into association or alliance, to combine in action or purpose (= 6b).
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > associate for common purpose [verb (intransitive)]
jousta1325
ally?a1400
joinc1400
associe1441
confederc1460
to stick together1525
band1530
to join forces1560
colleaguec1565
alliance1569
to enter league1578
unite1579
interleague1590
confederate1591
to join hands1598
combine1608
injointa1616
combinda1626
bandy1633
comply1646
federate1648
leaguea1649
associate1653
coalesce1657
to understand each other1663
sociate1688
to row in the same (also in one) boat1787
rendezvous1817
to make common cause (with)1845
to sing the same song1846
cahoot1857
to gang up1910
jungle1922
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 726 Schal þay falle in þe faute þat oþer frekez wroȝt & ioyne to her iuggement her iuise to haue?
1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 136 We will nocht only nocht iwne with ȝow generalie in religioun,..bot aluterlie fle ȝour cumpanie.
1581 R. Mulcaster Positions v. 34 I do thinke that all my countreymen will ioyne with me, and allow their children the vse, of their letter and penne.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 820 (note) Negro-slaves..ioyning with the Indians, used to robbe the Spaniards.
1745 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1851) V. 5 Their own security will oblige them to join with the enemy.
b. with const. To associate oneself or take part in an action, or to do something.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > associate together or with [verb (intransitive)] > participate
common1357
to take partc1384
communea1393
participe1511
participate1531
join1560
share1570
to bear a part1596
intercommon1626
to join in1785
to be in it1819
to stand in1858
to get into (also in on) the act1947
(to be) in on the act1951
to muck in1952
to opt in1966
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xxxix Desyring them to ioyne with hym in disputation.
1584 H. Llwyd & D. Powel Hist. Cambria 111 The princes to ioine in their enterprise.
a1699 T. Comber Hist. Liturgies in Compan. Temple (1702) II. 36 The People vocally joyned in the Hymns and Psalms.
1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 19. ⁋2 He makes it his business to join in Conversation with Envious Men.
1816 P. B. Shelley Dæmon of World in Alastor 96 The elements of all that human thought Can frame of lovely or sublime, did join To rear the fabric of the fane.
1896 Law Times Rep. 73 689/2 He..insisted that S. Lord..must join in the conveyance to him.
c. also absol. to join in (the action being understood from the context).
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > associate together or with [verb (intransitive)] > participate
common1357
to take partc1384
communea1393
participe1511
participate1531
join1560
share1570
to bear a part1596
intercommon1626
to join in1785
to be in it1819
to stand in1858
to get into (also in on) the act1947
(to be) in on the act1951
to muck in1952
to opt in1966
1785 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) III. 459 The government joins in and agrees to the depreciation.
1901 N.E.D. at Join Mod. Some of them were singing. Presently other voices joined in.
III. transitive. To form (a resulting whole) by the combination of parts.
14. To construct or compose (a whole) by putting parts together; esp. to make (wooden furniture, etc.) in this way, as a joiner n. (see also joined adj.1 2). In quot. c1400, To unite the edges of (a wound) in order to healing; in quot.c1386, To compound (a word). Obsolete except in phrases: see 21.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > build or construct with wood [verb (transitive)] > join
joinc1386
table1794
saddle1857
the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > form words [verb (transitive)] > compound
joinc1386
compound1530
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > treatments uniting or replacing parts > unite or replace parts [verb (transitive)] > unite fractures, wounds, etc. > heal a wound > unite edges of wound
joinc1386
c1386 G. Chaucer Second Nun's Tale 95 Cecile, as I writen fynde, Is ioyned by a manere conioynynge Of heuene and lia.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 21270 Þe quelis ar ioyned with mani a dowle.
a1400–50 Alexander 4458 For iolite of Iupiter ȝe ioyen vp templis.
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 34 Brynge þe parties of þe wounde togideris, þat it may be weel ioyned.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 316/2 Joyned as a stole or any other thynge is by the joyners crafte.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. iii. 78 This fellow wil but ioyne you together, as they ioyne Wainscot. View more context for this quotation
IV. transitive. To come into contact, contiguity, company, or union with. elliptical for join oneself to ( 5b), join to ( 10a).
15.
a. To come or go into local contact or association with; to go to and accompany (a person); to come to and take up one's post in (one's regiment, ship, or the like).
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a companion or associate > accompany or associate with [verb (transitive)]
seeOE
to bear (a person) company (also fellowship, etc.)c1225
mella1300
fellowshipa1382
companya1400
accompany1461
to keep company (with)1502
encompanya1513
to keep (a person) company1517
to take repast1517
assist1553
to take up with1570
rempare1581
to go along with1588
amate1590
bear1590
to fall in1593
consort1598
second1600
to walk (also travel) in the way with1611
comitate1632
associate1644
enhaunt1658
join1713
assort1823
sit1828
companionize1870
to take tea with1888
to knock about with1915
tote1977
fere-
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > meeting or encounter > meet or encounter [verb (transitive)] > as intended result of going to
to meet withc1300
meeta1325
join1713
1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 29. 186 A young Fellow joyns us from t'other End of the Room.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. xiv. 283 It would have been impossible..to have kept them from joining us.
1793 Ld. Nelson 26 Jan. in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) I. 298 I think the Ship will be commissioned within a fortnight and I shall join her directly.
1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. iii. 46 I reported myself to the admiral, and joined my brig.
1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. i. iii. 20 Then she joined her mother and Mrs. Leslie at breakfast.
1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. 83 Here they seem to have been joined by other fugitives and soldiers of fortune.
b. To associate or ally oneself with, attach oneself to, take part with (a person, party, etc.); to become a member or associate of (a society, staff of workers, etc.); to take part with another or others in (an action). to join the (great or silent) majority, to die: see majority n.1 3c.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > [verb (intransitive)] > become a member
enter1389
join1716
to sign up1875
pledge1887
society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > [verb (transitive)] > become member of
enter1517
join1716
pledge1856
society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > associate with [verb (transitive)] > participate with > participate in
enterparta1413
to be art and part in (also of)1442
to have art or (and) part ina1500
enjoin1546
share1570
to have (also take, etc.) a share in1572
to have a hand in1583
fellow1596
share1600
to contribute to (also for) or to do1605
to fall in1651
join1716
to opt into1968
1716 J. Gay Trivia iii. 58 Injur'd Tenants joyn the Hunters' Cries.
1738 A. Pope One Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty Eight Dialogue II 5 Or if a Court or Country's made a Job, Go drench a Pick-pocket, and join the Mob.
1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 178 Rocks, groves and streams must join him in his praise.
1845 M. Pattison in Christian Remembrancer Jan. 81 I..promise..to join the other bishops in all that they shall decide in conformity with the canon law.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxiii. 164 He..asked me whether I would join him in an ascent of the Dom.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People v. §1. 220 The blind King of Bohemia, who had joined Philip's army.
1901 N.E.D. at Join Mod. Ten new members have joined the society. How long is it since he joined your staff? Many converts have joined the church.
c. absol. (in sense 15a or 15b).
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > enlist soldiers [verb (intransitive)] > enlist as a soldier
to take wages1338
shoulder1594
to take service1634
list1643
to take the shilling1707
enlist1776
to shoulder walnut1838
join1844
to join up1916
attest1917
1844 C. J. Lever Tom Burke I. xxi. 155 When do you join?—where is your regiment?
1896 Daily News 28 Dec. 6/3 An old convict was brought in whilst we were there. He had only ‘joined’ that day.
1901 N.E.D. at Join Mod. Is he a member of our society? When did he join?
d. to join up: to enlist in the army.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > enlist soldiers [verb (intransitive)] > enlist as a soldier
to take wages1338
shoulder1594
to take service1634
list1643
to take the shilling1707
enlist1776
to shoulder walnut1838
join1844
to join up1916
attest1917
society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > enlist (soldiers) [verb (transitive)] > enlist in (regiment, etc.)
to join up1916
1916 ‘B. Cable’ Action Front 5 Just joined up to get a finger in the fighting?
1922 D. H. Lawrence England my England 40 Egbert went and joined up immediately, as a private soldier.
1934 J. T. Farrell Young Manhood Studs Lonigan i. 20 He stepped up to a beefy-faced sergeant... ‘We came to join up.’
1943 J. B. Priestley Daylight on Sat. xxxviii. 301 I wish you'd leave here—join up or something.
16. Of a thing:
a. To become or be connected or continuous with (something else).
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > connect [verb (transitive)] > make continuous (with) > become continuous with
joina1719
a1719 J. Addison Dialogues Medals in Wks. (1721) I. ii. 483 The two hands that joyn one another are Emblems of Fidelity.
1855 Ld. Tennyson Brook in Maud & Other Poems 103 I chatter, chatter, as I flow To join the brimming river.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. viii. 57 A rivulet..was joined by the stream whose track I had pursued.
1901 N.E.D. at Join Mod. The Cherwell joins the Thames just below Oxford.
b. To be adjacent to, to adjoin.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > distance > nearness > be near to [verb (transitive)] > be adjacent to
adjoina1375
accost1596
join1837
1837 F. Palgrave Merchant & Friar (1844) 90 The bare-worn places join one another, all the grass between them is destroyed.
1901 N.E.D. at Join Mod.His land joins mine.
V. Phrases, from preceding senses.† 17. to join action: To enter upon a debate or dispute. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > put forward for discussion [verb (intransitive)] > engage in debate
to join issue1551
to join action1588
1588 R. Greene Perimedes sig. Diii Perymides hearing his wife to alledge such sound reasons for Gamsters, thought to ioyne action with her in this manner. You resemble wife those subtill Lawyers, that onely alledge that clause in their euidence, which best serues for the proofe of their plea.
18. † b. intransitive said of the battle. Obsolete.
a. to join battle (formerly also to join the battle): to come together, as opposing forces, and begin a battle (cf. sense 12); to enter upon a battle, or (figurative) a contest of any kind.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > contend in battle or give battle [verb (intransitive)] > join or meet in battle
to come togetherOE
to lay togetherc1275
smitec1275
to have, keep, make, smite, strike, battle1297
joustc1330
meetc1330
copec1350
assemblea1375
semblea1375
coup?a1400
to fight togethera1400
strikea1400
joinc1400
to join the battle1455
to commit battle?a1475
rencounter1497
to set ina1500
to pitch a battlea1513
concura1522
rescounter1543
scontre1545
journey1572
shock1575
yoke1581
to give in1610
mix1697
to engage a combat1855
to run (or ride) a-tilt1862
1455 Battle of St. Albans in Paston Lett. I. 332 They joynid batayle anon; and it was done with inne di. houre.
1539 Bible (Great) 1 Sam. iv. 2 When they ioyned ye battel, Israel was put to the worse.
1539 Bible (Great) 1 Kings xx. 29 In the vii. daye the battayle was ioyned.
1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 190 That morning that he was to ioyne battell with Harold.
1673 P. Leycester Antiq. Great Brit. ii. ii. iv. 122 Both Armies meet near the Town of Lincoln, and being put in order, joyn Battel.
1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives (1879) I. 29/2 After the battle was joined, [he] routed his army, and took his city.
1893 R. Williams in Traill Soc. Eng. I. i. 33 When two armies were on the point of joining battle.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > contend in battle or give battle [verb (intransitive)] > of battle: commence
joinc1650
c1650 Earles of Chester 182 in Furniv. Percy Folio I. 280 Vpon the plaine before the towne, the battell Ioyned couragiouslye.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 108 On the rough edge of battel ere it joyn'd . View more context for this quotation
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 82 Legions in the Field their Front display..Before the Battel joins . View more context for this quotation
1702 N. Rowe Tamerlane i. i. 396 The tumult of the Battle That hastes to joyn.
19. to join hands (from 2):
a. literal. (a) To fold or clasp one's hands together; (b) of two persons, To grasp each the hand of the other, in token of amity, or spec. of marriage; (c) of a third person (e.g. the priest officiating at marriage), To cause two persons to grasp each other's hand.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > be friendly [verb (intransitive)] > join hands in token of amity
to join handsa1535
the world > space > relative position > posture > position of specific body parts > position specific body part [verb (intransitive)] > hands
to join handsa1535
fold1535
wring1580
hand-hold1904
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > [verb (intransitive)] > join hands (of couple being married)
to join handsa1535
unite1587
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > [verb (intransitive)] > join hands (of couple being married) > join hands (of priest)
to join handsa1535
a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 40/1 Ech forgaue other, & ioyned their hands together, when..their herts, wer far a sonder.
1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Matrimonie f. xiiii*v Then shal the prieste ioyne theyr ryght handes together, and say. Those whome god hath ioyned together: let no man put a sundre.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 532 His hands ioyned in a praying gesture.
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 533 If thou be pleas'd withall, Command thy sonne and daughter [printed daughtet] to ioyne hands. View more context for this quotation
1809 S. T. Coleridge Three Graves in Friend 21 Sept. 91 When the Vicar join'd their hands.
a1835 F. D. Hemans Tubal Cain 50 And men..In friendship joined their hands.
1861 J. Edmond Children's Church at Home iv. 60 The bridegroom and bride joined hands.
b. figurative ( to join hands, to join hand in hand): To associate, to combine in some action or enterprise; to enter into alliance for some particular end.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > associate for common purpose [verb (intransitive)]
jousta1325
ally?a1400
joinc1400
associe1441
confederc1460
to stick together1525
band1530
to join forces1560
colleaguec1565
alliance1569
to enter league1578
unite1579
interleague1590
confederate1591
to join hands1598
combine1608
injointa1616
combinda1626
bandy1633
comply1646
federate1648
leaguea1649
associate1653
coalesce1657
to understand each other1663
sociate1688
to row in the same (also in one) boat1787
rendezvous1817
to make common cause (with)1845
to sing the same song1846
cahoot1857
to gang up1910
jungle1922
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes May it please your Honors to ioyne hand in hand.
1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 626 Most part of Græcia..readie to haue rebelled, and joyned hands with the Christians.
1713 S. Pycroft Brief Enq. Free-thinking 35 The former argue..The latter urge..So that one wou'd think they had join'd Hands.
1886 E. Lynn Linton Paston Carew II. v. 101 A banker..who joins hands with the lawyer in his ruin of thousands.
20. to join issue (†join in issue): see issue n. Phrases 2a. Also elliptically to join.
ΚΠ
a1640 P. Massinger City-Madam (1658) iii. ii. 151 There Sir, I joyn with you; A fit decorum must be kept, the Court Distinguished from the City.
21. With various objects, expressing the result or the nature of the joining: as to join †affinity, to join company, to join concert, †to join encounter, †to join unity, etc.
ΚΠ
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 13831 The coniunctoun vniust is Ioynit vs betwene.
1593 Tell-Trothes New-yeares Gift (1876) 8 To joyne unity with the whole world.
1611 Bible (King James) 2 Chron. xviii. 1 Iehoshaphat..ioyned affinitie with Ahab. View more context for this quotation
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. viii. 364 Who intending to visit Fez, joyned company with me.
1738 J. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) civ. iv. x 'Till with my Song the list'ning World Join Concert.
1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany 235 At St. Malo, we joined company, quite accidentally.
22. to join the ladies: to go into the room to which the ladies have retired after dinner.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > use formal courtesy in act or expression [verb (intransitive)] > join ladies after dinner
to join the ladies1848
1848 Punch 14 204/1 (caption) Walter, I think you had better join the ladies.
1921 J. M. Barrie (title) Shall we join the ladies?
1956 N. Marsh Off with his Head (1957) x. 212 ‘Join the ladies?’ Dr. Otterley suggested, and they did so.
1974 N. Freeling Dressing of Diamond 95 And that, thought Richard grinning, will be denounced as ‘sexual fascism’... And shall we now join the ladies?
23. if you can't beat them, join them: a semi-proverbial assertion applied to a situation where a person crosses to another side or party because he is unable to defeat them by opposition alone.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [phrase] > change according to expediency
if you can't beat them, join them1955
1955 Sci. Amer. Apr. 100/3 This epistemological problem is best solved by following the classical dictum, ‘If you can't beat 'em join 'em’.
1970 Times 26 Nov. 12/3 Gale will also be applying for a ticket to the Parliamentary lobby for himself: ‘If you can't beat them, join them.’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
† joinv.2
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To enjoin or impose (penance, a task, etc.) upon a person. Const. to (the person), or with simple dative. = enjoin v. 2.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > impose
setc888
layOE
to lay on11..
enjoin?c1225
join1303
adjoina1325
cark1330
taxa1375
puta1382
impose1581
aggravate1583
fasten1585
clap1609
levy1863
octroy1865
society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (transitive)] > force or impose something upon
to lay on11..
join1303
taxa1375
intruse?a1500
oversetc1500
beforcec1555
impose1581
threap1582
fasten1585
intrude1592
thrust1597
enforcea1616
forcea1616
entail1670
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1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 11782 Blelyche in penaunce for to do Alle þat he ioyneþ þe vnto.
c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 112 Þat makyth a man noȝt gladly to do penaunce þat þe preest ioyneth hym.
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1879) VII. 291.
1528 W. Tyndale Obed. Christen Man f. cxj They ioyne them penaunce, as they call it.
2. To enjoin or charge (a person) to (the task), or with infinitive or subordinate clause; rarely with complement (quot. c14002). = enjoin v. 2c, 2e.
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society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > enjoin or instruct
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c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 877 Who Ioyned þe be Iostyse our iapez to blame.
c1400 Rom. Rose 2355 First, I ioigne the, here in penaunce,—That..Thou set thy thought in thy loving To last withouten repenting.
a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 52 And they that dede the dede were ioyned to penaunce.
1563 Ld. J. Gray in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. II. 273 I wolde I were the Queenes Confessor this Lent, that I might joine her in pennaunce to forgeve and forget.
1563 2nd Tome Homelyes On Rogat. Week iii Remember..your duetie of thankes... Stil ioyne your selfe to continue in thankes geuinge.
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