I.perf., ātum, 1, v. a., to yoke or fasten to or together, to unite.
I. Lit., in the lang. of gardening: “palmites,” Col. 4, 17, 6: “pampinos adjugatae (vitis),” Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 175.—
II. In gen., to join or add to something: mater est terra, ea parit corpus, animam aether adjugat, Pac. ap. Non. 75, 11 (Rib. Trag. Rel. p. 88); so, “blandam hortatricem adjugat Voluptatem,” id. ib. 75, 13 (Rib. Trag. Rel. p. 100): adjugat corpora, of the sexes, Lact. Opif. Dei, 6.