v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Joined 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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Woe unto them that join house to house. Is. v. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

Held up his left hand, which did flame and burn
Like twenty torches joined. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy tuneful voice with numbers join. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

We jointly now to join no other head. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To unite in marriage. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that joineth his virgin in matrimony. Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

What, therefore, God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. Matt. xix. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To enjoin upon; to command. [ Obs. & R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They join them penance, as they call it. Tyndale. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To accept, or engage in, as a contest; as, to join encounter, battle, issue. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To meet with and accompany; as, we joined them at the restaurant. [ PJC ]

7. To combine with (another person) in performing some activity; as, join me in welcoming our new president. [ PJC ]

To join battle,
To join issue. See under Battle, Issue.

Syn. -- To add; annex; unite; connect; combine; consociate; couple; link; append. See Add. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Geom.) The line joining two points; the point common to two intersecting lines. Henrici. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The place or part where objects have been joined; a joint; a seam. [ PJC ]

3. (Computers) The combining of multiple tables to answer a query in a relational database system. [ PJC ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whose house joined hard to the synagogue. Acts xviii. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? Ezra ix. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nature and fortune joined to make thee great. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OF. & F. joignant, p. pr. of joindre to join. ] Adjoining. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. joindre. See Join, v. t. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of joining; a putting together; conjunction. [ 1913 Webster ]

Confirmed by mutual joinder of your hands. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) (a) A joining of parties as plaintiffs or defendants in a suit. (b) Acceptance of an issue tendered in law or fact. (c) A joining of causes of action or defense in civil suits or criminal prosecutions. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. married. unmarried
Syn. -- united. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks.
Syn. -- coupled, linked. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. connected by or sharing a wall with another building. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, joins. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One whose occupation is to construct articles by joining pieces of wood; a mechanic who does the woodwork (as doors, stairs, etc.) necessary for the finishing of buildings. “One Snug, the joiner.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A wood-working machine, for sawing, plaining, mortising, tenoning, grooving, etc.

Syn. -- See Carpenter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art, or trade, of a joiner; the work of a joiner; doing the woodwork (as doors, stairs, etc.) necessary for the finishing of buildings. [ 1913 Webster ]

A piece of joinery . . . whimsically dovetailed. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Writing in which letters are joined in words; -- distinguished from writing in single letters. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F., p. p. of joindre. See Join. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Joined; united; combined; concerted; as, joint action. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Involving the united activity of two or more; done or produced by two or more working together. [ 1913 Webster ]

I read this joint effusion twice over. T. Hook. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. United, joined, or sharing with another or with others; not solitary in interest or action; holding in common with an associate, or with associates; acting together; as, joint heir; joint creditor; a joint bank account; joint debtor, etc. “Joint tenants of the world.” Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Shared by, or affecting two or more; held in common; as, joint property; a joint bond. [ 1913 Webster ]

A joint burden laid upon us all. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Joint committee (Parliamentary Practice), a committee composed of members of the two houses of a legislative body, for the appointment of which concurrent resolutions of the two houses are necessary. Cushing. --
Joint meeting, or
Joint session, the meeting or session of two distinct bodies as one; as, a joint meeting of committees representing different corporations; a joint session of both branches of a State legislature to chose a United States senator. “Such joint meeting shall not be dissolved until the electoral votes are all counted and the result declared.” Joint Rules of Congress, U. S. --
Joint resolution (Parliamentary Practice), a resolution adopted concurrently by the two branches of a legislative body. “By the constitution of the United States and the rules of the two houses, no absolute distinction is made between bills and joint resolutions.” Barclay (Digest). --
Joint rule (Parliamentary Practice), a rule of proceeding adopted by the concurrent action of both branches of a legislative assembly. “Resolved, by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), that the sixteenth and seventeenth joint rules be suspended for the remainder of the session.” Journal H. of R., U. S. --
Joint and several (Law), a phrase signifying that the debt, credit, obligation, etc., to which it is applied is held in such a way that the parties in interest are engaged both together and individually thus a joint and several debt is one for which all the debtors may be sued together or either of them individually; used especially in the phrase joint and several liability. --
Joint stock, stock held in company. --
Joint-stock company (Law), a species of partnership, consisting generally of a large number of members, having a capital divided, or agreed to be divided, into shares, the shares owned by any member being usually transferable without the consent of the rest. --
Joint tenancy (Law), a tenure by two or more persons of estate by unity of interest, title, time, and possession, under which the survivor takes the whole. Blackstone. --
Joint tenant (Law), one who holds an estate by joint tenancy. Contrassted with tenant in common. [ 1913 Webster ]