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addest

addest is the second-person singular simple present indicative 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

Origin of addest

add + -est

Questions about addest

What is addest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Addest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of add.

Words near addest in the dictionary

  1. Adderstone with Lucker
  2. adderstones
  3. adderwort
  4. adderworts
  5. addes
  6. addest
  7. addeth
  8. Addey
  9. Addi
  10. addibility
  11. addible

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