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re·join1

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–verb (used with object)

1.	to come again into the company of: to rejoin a party after a brief absence.

2.	to join together again; reunite.

–verb (used without object)

3.	to become joined together again.

[Origin: 1535–45; re- + join

]

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re·join2

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–verb (used with object)

1.	to say in answer; reply, esp. to counterreply.

–verb (used without object)

2.	to answer; reply, esp. to counterreply.

3.	Law. to answer a plaintiff's replication.

[Origin: 1425–75; late ME rejoinen < AF rejoyner, var. of MF rejoindre, equiv. to re- re- + joindre to join

]

—Synonyms 2. respond, retort.

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re·join¹ Audio Help   (rĭ-join') Pronunciation Key
v.   re·joined, re·join·ing, re·joins

v.   tr.
To say in reply, especially in sharp response to a reply.

v.   intr.
To reply.

[Middle English rejoinen, from Old French rejoindre, rejoin- : re-, re- + joindre, to join; see join.]

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re·join² Audio Help   (rē-join') Pronunciation Key
v.   re·joined, re·join·ing, re·joins

v.   tr.

To come again into the company of: rejoined his regiment.
To join together again; reunite.

v. intr.
To become joined again.

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rejoin (1)

"join again," 1541, from re- "again" + join (q.v.).

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rejoin (2)

"to answer," 1447, legal term, from M.Fr. rejoin-, stem of rejoindre "to answer to a legal charge," from O.Fr. re- "back" + joindre "to join" (see join). General (non-legal) meaning first recorded 1637. Rejoinder is 1450, from M.Fr. rejoindre; originally "defendant's answer to the replication."

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rejoin
verb
1.	join again
2.	answer back [syn: retort]

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Rejoin

Re*join"\ (r?-join"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rejoined (-joind"); p. pr. & vb. n. Rejoining.] [F. rejoindre; pref. re- re- + joindre to join. See Join, and cf. Rejoinder.]

1. To join again; to unite after separation.

2. To come, or go, again into the presence of; to join the company of again.

Meet and rejoin me, in the pensive grot. --Pope.

3. To state in reply; -- followed by an object clause.

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Rejoin

Re*join"\, v. i. 1. To answer to a reply.

2. (Law) To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's replication.

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