† aˈdjute, v. Obs.
[a. Fr. ajoute-r, in 16–17th c. adjouter, to add. See adjoust and cf. adjutage, ajutage, Fr. ajoutage. The spelling was perh. due to false etymology connecting the word with L. adjūtāre (whence it is derived by Dr. Johnson, who also explains it as ‘To help’).]
To add.
| 1524 Pace in Strype Eccl. Mem. I. ii. 29 Able..to discomfit the Turque and his armie..ye, if there were therunto adjuted fifty thousand moo. 1633 B. Jonson Love's Welc. at Welbeck, Six bachelors as bold as he, Adjuting to his companee. |