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con·ju·gate       (kŏn'jə-gāt')  Pronunciation Key  v.   con·ju·gat·ed, con·ju·gat·ing, con·ju·gates v.   tr. Grammar To inflect (a verb) in its forms for distinctions such as number, person, voice, mood, and tense. To join together. v.   intr. Biology To undergo conjugation. Grammar To be inflected. adj.   (-gĭt, -gāt') Joined together, especially in a pair or pairs; coupled. Mathematics & Physics Inversely or oppositely related with respect to one of a group of otherwise identical properties, especially designating either or both of a pair of complex numbers differing only in the sign of the imaginary term. Chemistry Relating to an acid and a base that are related by the difference of a proton. Linguistics Derived from a common source, such as the words foul and filth. n.   (-gĭt, -gāt') Mathematics & Physics Any of a set of numbers that satisfy the same irreducible polynomial. Chemistry A chemical compound that has been formed by the joining of two or more compounds. [Latin coniugāre, coniugāt-, to join together : com-, com- + iugāre, to join (from iugum, yoke; see yeug- in Indo-European roots).] con'ju·gate'ly adv., con'ju·ga'tive adj., con'ju·ga'tor n.

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conjugate
adjective
1.	joined together especially in a pair or pairs
2.	(of a pinnate leaflet) having only one pair of leaflets
3.	formed by the union of two compounds; "a conjugated protein"
4.	of an organic compound; containing two or more double bonds each separated from the other by a single bond
noun
1.	a mixture of two partially miscible liquids A and B produces two conjugate solutions: one of A in B and another of B in A [syn: conjugate solution]
verb
1.	unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds
2.	add inflections showing person, number, gender, tense, aspect, etc.; "conjugate the verb"
3.	undergo conjugation

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Conjugate

Con*join\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conjoined; p. pr. & vb. n. Conjoining.] [F. conjoindre, fr. L. conjungere, -junctum; con- + jungere to join. See Join, and cf. Conjugate, Conjunction.] To join together; to unite.

The English army, that divided was Into two parties, is now conjoined in one. --Shak.

If either of you know any inward impediment why you should not be conjoined. --Shak.

Let that which he learns next be nearly conjoined with what he knows already. --Locke.

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Conjugate

Con"ju*gate\, a. [L. conjugatus, p. p. or conjugare to unite; con- + jugare to join, yoke, marry, jugum yoke; akin to jungere to join. See Join.]

1. United in pairs; yoked together; coupled.

2. (Bot.) In single pairs; coupled.

3. (Chem.) Containing two or more radicals supposed to act the part of a single one. [R.]

4. (Gram.) Agreeing in derivation and radical signification; -- said of words.

5. (Math.) Presenting themselves simultaneously and having reciprocal properties; -- frequently used in pure and applied mathematics with reference to two quantities, points, lines, axes, curves, etc.

Conjugate axis of a hyperbola (Math.), the line through the center of the curve, perpendicular to the line through the two foci.

Conjugate diameters (Conic Sections), two diameters of an ellipse or hyperbola such that each bisects all chords drawn parallel to the other.

Conjugate focus (Opt.) See under Focus.

Conjugate mirrors (Optics), two mirrors so placed that rays from the focus of one are received at the focus of the other, especially two concave mirrors so placed that rays proceeding from the principal focus of one and reflected in a parallel beam are received upon the other and brought to the principal focus.

Conjugate point (Geom.), an acnode. See Acnode, and Double point.

Self-conjugate triangle (Conic Sections), a triangle each of whose vertices is the pole of the opposite side with reference to a conic.

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Conjugate

Con`ju*gate\, n. [L. conjugatum a combining, etymological relationship.]

1. A word agreeing in derivation with another word, and therefore generally resembling it in signification.

We have learned, in logic, that conjugates are sometimes in name only, and not in deed. --Abp. Bramhall.

2. (Chem.) A complex radical supposed to act the part of a single radical. [R.]

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Conjugate

Con"ju*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conjugated; p. pr. & vb. n. Conjugating.]

1. To unite in marriage; to join. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton.

2. (Gram.) To inflect (a verb), or give in order the forms which it assumed in its several voices, moods, tenses, numbers, and persons.