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

They added: "We witness first-hand the medical challenges that these children and their families endure, which makes the portrayal of conjoined twins as a form of entertainment or spectacle especially problematic."

From BBC

When South Africa ushered in democratic rule with Nelson Mandela elected president, the two were merged and the name conjoined.

From BBC

Yet to call this a partition—in the sense of its being a severing of conjoined people—is questionable.

From The Wall Street Journal

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