conjoin

[ kuhn-join ]

/ kənˈdʒɔɪn /

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verb (used with or without object)

to join together; unite; combine; associate.

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

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Origin of conjoin

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

OTHER WORDS FROM conjoin

con·join·er, noun

Words nearby conjoin

conization, conj., conjectural, conjecture, con job, conjoin, conjoined, conjoined anastomosis, conjoined twin, conjoined twins, conjoint

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How to use conjoin in a sentence

A rare variety, or isotope, of lithium has a nucleus that is made of three conjoined parts.
A new particle accelerator aims to unlock secrets of bizarre atomic nuclei|Emily Conover|November 15, 2021|Science News
Charity and Kathleen Lincoln were conjoined at the torso when they were born more than two decades ago.
She was conjoined to her twin for the first 7 months of life. Now an adult, she just had her own baby.|Cathy Free|September 9, 2021|Washington Post
In the novel, Nephthys and Osiris are born in the land of the Gullah, fingers conjoined at the pointer.
Morowa Yejidé’s capacious imagination is on full display in ‘Creatures of Passage’|Martha Anne Toll|March 18, 2021|Washington Post
He told me that I had to look at each scene as separate entities that do not conjoin.
Neil Patrick Harris Hosts the Tonys|Kevin Sessums|June 10, 2011|DAILY BEAST

This will the wife notices; but she does not conjoin herself with it, except pretendedly or in the way of sport.
The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love|Emanuel Swedenborg
But in case they are not influenced by internal affections, which conjoin minds, the bonds of matrimony are loosed in the house.
The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love|Emanuel Swedenborg
Unless the external affections are influenced by internal, which conjoin minds, the bonds of wedlock are loosed in the house, 275.
The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love|Emanuel Swedenborg
The intention of all mystic ceremonies, according to Sallustius, was to conjoin the world and the gods.
The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites|Dudley Wright
Although some of us may conjoin the attitudes successfully, in most of us they must conflict.
Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals|William James

British Dictionary definitions for conjoin

conjoin

/ (kənˈdʒɔɪn) /

verb

to join or become joined

Derived forms of conjoin

conjoiner, noun

Word Origin for conjoin

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

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