conjoin

American  

[kuhn-join] / kənˈdʒɔɪn /

verb (used with or without object)

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

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

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conjoin British  

/ kənˈdʒɔɪn /

verb

1. to join or become joined

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Other Word Forms

• conjoiner noun

Etymology

Origin of conjoin

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

From Salon

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

From Los Angeles Times

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

From BBC

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.

From Los Angeles Times

Eventually Brooks, now in the same skirt, makes their way to him and they conjoin for an extended spine duet.

From New York Times