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adde

adde is the obsolete spelling of add.

Meaning of add

Verb

add (third-person singular simple present adds, present participle adding, simple past and past participle added)

  1. (transitive) To join or unite (e.g. one thing to another, or as several particulars) so as to increase the number, augment the quantity, or enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate.
    Synonyms:
    annex
  2. To sum up; to put together mentally; to add up.
    • to add numbers
    Synonyms:
    add up
  3. (transitive) To combine elements of (something) into one quantity.
    • to add a column of numbers
    Synonyms:
    coalesce, join, unite
  4. (transitive) To give by way of increased possession (to someone); to bestow (on).
    • The Lord shall add to me another son.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 30:24
    Synonyms:
    bestow
  5. (transitive) To append (e.g. a statement); to say further information.
    • He added that he would willingly consent to the entire abolition of the tax1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC, page 37
    Synonyms:
    mention, note
  6. (intransitive) To intensify; to augment; to increase.
    • It adds to our anxiety.

See all 13 meanings of add

Forms of adde

third-person singular presentaddes
present participleadding
past participleadded
pastadded

Questions about adde

What is adde the obsolete spelling of?
Adde is the obsolete spelling of add.

Words near adde in the dictionary

  1. addas
  2. addaties
  3. addax
  4. addaxes
  5. addback
  6. adde
  7. addebted
  8. added
  9. added flame to the fire
  10. added fuel to fire
  11. added fuel to the fire

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Adapted from Wiktionary: adde (page history and authors); add (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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