conjoin

[kuhn-join]

verb (used with or without object)

1. to join together; unite; combine; associate.

2. Grammar.,  to join as coordinate elements, especially as coordinate clauses.

conjoin

/ kənˈdʒɔɪn /

verb

1. to join or become joined

Other Word Forms

• conjoiner noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of conjoin¹

1325–75; Middle English conjoigenn < Anglo-French, Middle French conjoign- (stem of conjoindre ) < Latin conjungere. See con-, join

Word History and Origins

Origin of conjoin¹

C14: from Old French conjoindre, from Latin conjungere, from jungere to _join

Example Sentences

The landscape’s clarity sliced through my memories of over-built New Jersey, slicing down to the mental bedrock beneath — a primary place of understanding where memory and concept conjoin.

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It’s only in their periods of truce, when their differing ambitions conjoin, that things move forward.

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In Donald J. Trump, the various species of ugly American have reached their conjoined apotheosis.

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A parasitic twin is an underdeveloped conjoined twin that relies entirely on the host twin for survival.

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What’s more, he would have one smaller board for every team in the league — say one for the Eagles, one for the Chiefs — then conjoin those two halves when those teams were playing each other.

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