conjoin

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /kənˈdʒɔɪn/

Verb

conjoin (conjoins, present participle conjoining; past and past participle conjoined)

1. (transitive) To join together; to unite; to combine.

   They are representatives that will loosely conjoin a nation.

2. (transitive) To marry.

   I will conjoin you in holy matrimony.

3. (transitive, grammar) To join as coordinate elements, often with a coordinating conjunction, such as coordinate clauses.
4. (transitive, mathematics) To combine two sets, conditions, or expressions by a logical AND; to intersect.
5. (intransitive) To unite, to join, to league.
   • 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, ch. XVI, St. Edmund

     And the Body of one Dead; — a temple where the Hero-soul once was and now is not: Oh, all mystery, all pity, all mute awe and wonder; Supernaturalism brought home to the very dullest; Eternity laid open, and the nether Darkness and the upper Light-Kingdoms; — do conjoin there, or exist nowhere!

Synonyms

• (to join together) affix, attach, join, put together; see also Thesaurus:join
• (to marry) bewed, wed; see also Thesaurus:marry

Related terms

• conjunction
• conjunctiva
• conjunctive

Translations

• French: conjoindre
• Portuguese: juntar

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