join

join
join (v.) c.1300, from stem of O.Fr. joindre "join, connect, unite; have sexual intercourse with" (12c.), from L. iungere "to join together, unite, yoke," from PIE *yeug- "to join, unite" (see JUGULAR (Cf. jugular)). Related: Joined; joining. In Middle English, join sometimes is short for enjoin. Join up "enlist in the army" is from 1916. Phrase if you can't beat them, join them is from 1953.

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