Emily Dickinson Lexicon

join (-s), v. [OFr joign < L. jungre, to join, root.] (webplay: mind).

1. Participate; experience; take part; [fig.] take the sacrament; make a solemn commitment; enter into a covenant; unite oneself to a religious affiliation.
2. Meet; touch; reunite; [fig.] continue; have continuity.
3. Connect; unite; link; tie; reattach two separate sides.
4. Escort; accompany; go with somebody.