Alexander Schmidt, Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary

Add, 1) to join to that which was before; followed by a depending clause: “they that a. he's drunk nightly,” Tw. I, 3, 38. II, 2, 7. John III, 1, 153. R2 IV, 18. Troil. II, 3, 141 etc. By an accus.: “--ing one thing to my purpose nothing,” Sonn. 20, 12. 103, 4. LLL II, 252. III, 87. V, 1, 52. Troil. IV, 5, 145. Ant. III, 12, 28 etc. By an acc. and dat.: “rain --ed to a river,” Ven. 71. “to your blessings a. a curse,” Sonn. 84, 13. 85, 10. 135, 11. Pilgr. 206. Meas. II, 4, 72. Ado IV, 1 Ado IV, 1 Merch. V, 186. Shr. III, 2, 130. V, 2, 112. Alls III, 7, 35. Tw. V, 83. John II, 347. IV, 2, 13. R2 I, 1, 24. III, 4, 16. H5 III, 6, 142. IV, 8, 88. H6C II, 1, 105. H8 II, 3, 65. Rom. I, 1, 139. Mcb. IV, 1, 33 etc. By a dat. and a clause: “--ing thereto that she would wed me,” LLL V, 2, 446. Wint. II, 1, 67.
2) With to, == to increase, to enrich: “the petty streams a. to his flow,” Lucr. 651. “the sea --eth to his store,” Sonn. 135, 10. “death's a great disguiser, and you may a. to it.” Meas. IV, 2, 187. “that art which --s to nature,” Wint. IV, 4, 91. H4B III, 1, 105. H6A I, 1, 103. Troil. II, 2, 106. Tim. III, 1, 54. Caes. II, 1, 267. Lr. I, 4, 292. Similarly to a. more of a thing to == to increase the force or quantity of a thing: “to a. a more rejoicing to the prime,” Lucr. 332 (== to increase the rejoicing of the prime). “which to her oratory --s more grace,” Lucr. 332 “to our perjury to a. more terror,” LLL V, 2, 470. “a. more feathers to our wings,” H5 I, 2, 306. “to a. more measure to your woes,” H6C II, 1, 105. “I need not a. more fuel to your fire,” V, 4, 70. “a. more coals to Cancer,” Troil. II, 3, 206. And without more: “thine eyes have --ed feathers to the learned's wing,” Sonn. 78, 7. “till another Caesar have --ed slaughter to the sword of traitors,” Caes. V, 1, 55. “a. water to the sea,” H6C V, 4, 8. Hence the following peculiarities: “I can a. colours to the chameleon,” H6C III, 2, 191 (i. e. I have more colours than the chameleon; cf. Ven. 398). “the enemy come on refreshed, new --ed,” Caes. IV, 3, 209 (strengthened, reinforced; some M. Edd. aided).
3) With to == to bestow on: “she --s honours to his hateful name,” Ven. 994. “their thoughts to thy fair flower a. the rank smell of weeds,” Sonn. 69, 12. “it --s a precious seeing to the eye,” LLL IV, 3, 333. “a. proof unto mine armour with thy prayers,” R2 I, 3, 73. “and to thy worth will a. right worthy gains,” V, 6, 12. “thou wilt but a. increase unto my wrath,” H6B III, 2, 292. “you have --ed worth unto it and lustre,” Tim. I, 2, 154. Cymb. I, 1, 142. “to such proceeding who ever but his approbation --ed,” Per. IV, 3, 26. Without to: “the words would a. more anguish than the wounds,” H6C II, 1, 99 (cf. the German zufügen).
4) to make out by arithmetical addition: “until the goose came out of door and stayed the odds by --ing four,” LLL III, 93; cf. multiply in Wint. I, 2, 7.