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adjoinv.Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French adjoin-, adjoindre. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman ajuin-, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French ajoign-, ajoin-, Anglo-Norman and Middle French adjoign-, adjoin-, stem of Anglo-Norman ajuindre, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French ajoindre, Anglo-Norman and Middle French adjoindre (French adjoindre ) to add, attach, join (a thing or person to another thing or person) (second half of the 12th cent. in Old French as aioindre ; c1200 used reflexively), to be adjacent or contiguous to (end of the 13th cent. or earlier), to enjoin (1354 or earlier in Anglo-Norman; use in this sense could alternatively be interpreted as showing a variant of enjoindre enjoin v.) < classical Latin adiungere to connect, attach, to bring near or into contact (with), to add, to cause to join, to associate, attach, to assign in addition, to attach in a subordinate capacity, to impose, enjoin, to add in speech or writing, to connect or relate in any way, to annex, acquire < ad- ad- prefix + iungere join v.1 Compare Italian aggiungere (a1250).The French forms in ad- , and likewise the β. forms in English, show remodelling after the classical Latin ulterior etymon. In sense 5 probably after the corresponding specific mathematical use (1884 in the source translated in quot. 1888, or earlier) of German zuordnen to join, attach (a thing) to (another), to put (two or more things) in order (16th cent.). society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > impose a1325 (2011) xii. 67 We þe comaundez, ant faste aioioniez, þat anon riȝt, ant biþoute ani delay [etc.]. a1425 (Lansd.) (1902) 21 (MED) Þai sal make þe cuuent at wite and a-ioingne hir þar-eftir. 1429–30 (Electronic ed.) Parl. Sept. 1429 §60. m. 2 He is adjoined and associed to make partition [etc.]. c1540 (?a1400) 2197 I Aioyne thee, this iorney with ioy for to take. 1582 A. Munday sig. D3v I am adioyned such a penaunce. 1630 in W. Stevenson (1900) 22 Mr Harie Wilkie handled the cowmon head adjuned to him. 1865 tr. Galileo in Oct. 412 I swear..and promise to fulfil and observe entirely all penances adjoined me, or which may be imposed on me. 2. the world > space > distance > nearness > be near to [verb (transitive)] > be adjacent to a1375 (c1350) (1867) l. 1753 (MED) Þat perles erber Þat was to meliors chaumber choisli a-ioyned. 1375 in A. H. Cooke (1925) 204 (MED) A Stabull..with other ij howsis therto ajoyned. a1500 in (1896) 3 275 (MED) Þe seid hundrid of Blithyng is abuttyng and adjoyned to þe see coste by longe space. 1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello f. 246 He dispatched generall letters thorowout his owne Realme, with speciall requestes to the countreys adioyninge hys kingdome [Fr. fait-il publier à son trompe par les lettres, tant de son royaume que regions voisines]. 1604 W. Shakespeare iii. iii. 20 A massie wheele..To whose hough spokes, tenne thousand lesser things Are morteist and adioynd. c1680 in M. W. Barley (1961) iv. v. 223 The potwater..doth arise in a little meadow adjoining the aforesaid Parsonage Meadows. 1745 in (1851) V. 29 Who had Lands adjoining the Road. 1766 E. Pendleton Let. 1 Aug. in (1967) I. 27 A tract of Land..commonly called the Richland, on Fall creek, adjoining the Leatherwood tract. 1817 J. Mill II. v. iv. 430 The Mahrattas would in that case immediately adjoin Carnatic. 1888 20 Apr. 623/1 The shafts..also have mounted freely on them the brass discs..which adjoin the two pair of wheels. 1902 Feb. 169/1 Richmond Road..boasts of one winkel adjoining the railway buildings. 1975 J. N. Sevenster iv. 169 One of the synagogues in Caesara adjoined a plot of land owned by a Greek, who refused to sell it. 2009 Nov. 23/2 The Jacobean milking parlour which adjoins the dairy has been..the subject of much C20 modification. b. To be located next to or very near a specified or implied location; to be adjacent or contiguous. Sometimes: spec. to share a common border. the world > space > distance > nearness > be near [verb (intransitive)] > be adjacent 1425 (Electronic ed.) Parl. Apr. 1425 §35. m. 13 Governours of any fraunchised toune next adjoynyng. 1479 in S. Tymms (1850) 53 A mees called Pachette, and an other mees called Coles, adioynand togedyr in Euston. 1505 in I. S. Leadam (1903) I. 219 The kinges leege people..att ther pleasur take ther tying in the seide streme and on ther land adioyning. 1529 T. More i. f. xiv There be mo men a greate meany in London and wythin .iiii. shyres next adioynyng than the great Turk bryngeth in to Hungary. 1652 C. B. Stapylton tr. Herodian 61 The Roman Empire to defend and hold Against the Barb'rous people that adjoyne. 1699 M. Pix i. i. 7 I'le to my Father's Palace, which adjoyns, and Learn how to proceed. 1761 25 Apr. 407/1 Two Closes of Pasture Land adjoining together, planted with Fruit Trees. 1824 in T. Medwin 35 Our estates adjoined: but..our families..were never on terms of more than common civility. 1875 G. M. Wheeler 170 A building adjoins, with the dividing-wall common to the preceding house. 1900 T. L. Preston vi. 109 They thought their lands adjoined, but by some error in the survey a vacant strip was left between them. 1933 R. C. Hutchinson xi. 382 Our rooms adjoined, and..I saw a light beneath the communicating door. 2005 R. Guo iv. 82 Cross-border ecosystems..are especially probable where protected areas in different countries adjoin across international boundaries. the world > space > distance > nearness > be near [verb (intransitive)] > be in contact > have same boundary ?1523 J. Fitzherbert f. xxi Haue a shepefolde made with a gode hedge or a pale..set betwen two of thy pastures in a dry place, and adioyninge to the ende of the same. 1532 T. Cranmer Let. 20 Oct. in (1833) I. 9 Passaw, Lyntz, and other places adjoining to the waters of Enus and Danubius. 1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pref. 3 Part of India, which adjoyneth with Brazil. 1594 C. Marlowe & T. Nashe i. i. 374 For the land whereof thou doest enquire, It is the punick kingdome rich and strong, Adjoining on Agenor's stately town. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iv. xi. 5 Our Foote Vpon the hilles adioyning to the Citty Shall stay with vs. View more context for this quotation 1710 J. Chamberlayne (ed. 23) i. i. iii. 6 Eton, a Village adjoining to Windsor. 1794 S. Williams 242 The towns in Vermont which adjoined to Connecticut river. 1801 J. Strutt ii. i. 51 The commissioners were..impowered to survey the lands adjoining to the city of London. 1833 c. 22 §22 It shall..be lawful for the Occupier..of Land..adjoining to any..Sewer..to take..such Gravel, Soil,..and Weeds. 1906 R. H. Sherard v. 50 The obscene songs of a drunken woman who was confined in the cell which adjoined to mine. 1969 N. Pevsner (2002) 162 The iron shed adjoining on the E was built in 1867 by Baker & Stevenson. 2009 335/3 The area adjoining to the shopping and entertainment center is represented by landscaped walking alleys. 3. a. the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > attach or affix [verb (transitive)] a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng (Harl.) l. 11484 (MED) Go we now to þe fythe poynt: To þe þrydde hyt ys a ioynt. 1509 Bp. J. Fisher 300 The Soule of this noble prynces, whiche had the Body adioyned vnto it..as Syster and Brother. c1540 (?a1400) 1135 Jason full iustly, aioynet to my-seluon..Vmset all the Citie er þe sun rise. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus I. Matt. i. f. 20 Adjoyne her unto the. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden 375 Heere is one of the Kings houses..built by King Henrie the first, who adjoined also thereunto a very large part compassed round about with a stone wall. 1652 T. Vaughan 12 He undertook with some few adjoyned with him to attempt the same. 1794 J. Clowes tr. E. Swedenborg 57 The women in this case do not join themselves to their husbands, they only present themselves, and the husbands adjoin them to themselves. 1829 N. L. Beamish I. x. 207 Mrs. Sumtott was full thirty years younger than her lord, to whom she was adjoined in rather a commercial than a romantic manner. society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > associate with [verb (reflexive)] society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > [verb (reflexive)] > become member 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy (1822) ii. 204 Cam ane huge multitude of Volschis and Equis, and adjonit thaim to the tentis of Sabinis. a1578 R. Lindsay (1899) II. 162 That wald adioyne thame selffis to thame. 1651 in T. Fuller 154 He adjoyned himselfe unto the order of the Dominicans. 1656 H. Jeanes Treat. Fulnesse of Christ 45 in Such Proselytes as adjoyned themselves thereunto. 1767 Sept. 433/1 Every man ought to be at liberty to adjoin himself to that church, or society of christians, which appears to him to be most agreeable. 1853 III. 6 He [sc. Henry Barrow] was so satisfied and confirmed in the truth, that he adjoined himself to their society at London, and was repeatedly committed to prison. 1909 F. W. Rolfe 303 Certainly this strenuous Celsitude should adjoin himself to a virgin of his patrician order. 1997 J. Stanley tr. J. Simon in J. Golomb (2001) v. 101 The one and only God, who has adjoined himself with a particular folk. the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > combine [verb (intransitive)] 1483 W. Caxton tr. A. Chartier sig. iijv Hys tormentis adioyne to our lyf in such wyse that she ne hath glorye mondayne, ne pompe caduque wythoute aduersyte. a1513 R. Fabyan (1516) I. iv. f. vi With also the Commodities therunto adioynynge. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil (1957) ii. vi. 84 Hypanys..and eik Dymas..Fast to our syde adionyt by and by. c1540 (?a1400) 12782 This Egea ajoinet to hir iust spouse..with hir due part. 1638 Fundamental Orders Connecticut in H. C. Syrett (1960) 30 Such as shall be adioined to vs att any tyme hereafter. 1678 J. Browne lxiv. 297 If inflammation adjoins with this wound, and causeth a fever, and this encreaseth, the Patient must necessarily die. a1425 (Lansd.) (1902) 16 (MED) At þe þridde tyme aiont wid þe ‘gloria patri’. 1485 in (2007) 1485/5/11 Oure souverane lordis commissioune and directioune of his materis be committit to him with sic uthir personis of estait as efferis, gif it plesis his hienes to adjune ony uthir to him. a1509 King Henry VII in H. Ellis (1824) 1st Ser. I. 55 Police and wisdom is to be adjoyned to the Popes Holynesse in this behalve. c1540 (?a1400) (2002) f. 6v He was getton of a god [on] a gret lady Þat aioinet was iobiter to his iuste nome. 1597 Bp. J. King xxix. 392 The Epithite is very fitlie adioined to vanity. 1647 N. Bacon xiv. 42 And so unto the Lay power was the Ecclesiasticall adjoyned in this work. 1671 J. Webster iv. 61 His censure upon it, and his own opinion adjoyned. 1707 J. Stewart 212 No Bailly or Steward of Regality may Repledge from the Justice-Air, but only be Adjoined to the King's Justice. 1725 I. Watts i. iv. 103 I might adjoin another sort of equivocal Words. 1785 C. Vyse (new ed.) Pref. p. iii I have not adjoined the Answers to the Questions, as I have published..a Key to the Tutor's Guide, wherein all the Answers are worked at Length. 1835 H. L. V. D. Holstein (rev. ed.) xii. 93 The ministers..were anxious to adjoin him to their labors, but he would never accept any office. 1865 6 Nov. 5/2 A secretary, with a handsome salary, is adjoined to the commissioners. 1901 VI. ii. 146 There should be adjoined to the course of dressmaking a course of history of costume. 1960 W. V. Quine xxxvi. 175 One general term was adjoined attributively to another; thus ‘FG’, ‘red ball’. 1994 A. Marwick in J. Obelkevich & P. Catterall xiv. 188 In 1964 a daytime music programme was adjoined to the evening Third Programme, the two in 1970 becoming Radio 3. the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > transformation > transform [verb (transitive)] > with correspondence between quantities > in specific way 1888 G. G. Morrice tr. F. Klein iv. 102 In the case of the ikosahedral equation, for instance, we must adjoin the 5th roots of unity. 1904 F. Cajori xiii. 135 This process of obtaining the domain Ω (a) from Ω is called adjunction. We say that we adjoin a to Ω and obtain Ω (a). 1949 66 215 Following the classical Steinitz procedure we adjoin elements singly. 2006 79 298 The field obtained by adjoining √−3 to the rationals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1325 |