conjoin
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con·join
(kən-join′)tr. & intr.v. con·joined, con·join·ing, con·joins
To join or become joined together; unite.
[Middle English conjoinen, from Old French conjoindre, conjoign-, from Latin coniungere : con-, com- + iungere, to join; see yeug- in Indo-European roots.]
con·join′er n.
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conjoin
(kənˈdʒɔɪn)vb
to join or become joined
[C14: from Old French conjoindre, from Latin conjungere, from jungere to join]
conˈjoiner n
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con•join
(kənˈdʒɔɪn)v.t., v.i. -joined, -join•ing.
1. to join together; unite; combine; associate.
2. to link linguistic units of the same grammatical rank, as coordinate clauses.
[1325–75; Middle English < Anglo-French, Middle French conjoign-, s. of conjoindre < Latin conjungere. See con-, join]
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conjoin
Past participle: conjoined
Gerund: conjoining
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| Verb | 1. | conjoin - make contact or come together; "The two roads join here" feather - join tongue and groove, in carpentry attach - become attached; "The spider's thread attached to the window sill" cross-link - join by creating covalent bonds (of adjacent chains of a polymer or protein) anastomose, inosculate - come together or open into each other; "the blood vessels anastomose" connect, link, link up, tie - connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms" yoke - become joined or linked together engraft, graft, ingraft - cause to grow together parts from different plants; "graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree" splice - join together so as to form new genetic combinations; "splice genes" splice - join the ends of; "splice film" solder - join or fuse with solder; "solder these two pipes together" weld - join together by heating; "weld metal" quilt - stitch or sew together; "quilt the skirt" |
| 2. |  conjoin - take in marriage inmarry - marry within one's own tribe or group; "The inhabitants of this isolated village tend to inmarry" mismarry - marry an unsuitable partner marry, splice, wed, tie - perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got spliced on Hawaii" wive - marry a woman, take a wife wive - take (someone) as a wife intermarry - marry within the same ethnic, social, or family group remarry - marry, not for the first time; "After her divorce, she remarried her high school sweetheart" |
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conjoin
verb1. To bring or come together into a united whole:
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