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con⋅join

[kuhn-join]
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1. to join together; unite; combine; associate.
2. Grammar. to join as coordinate elements, esp. as coordinate clauses.

Origin:
1325–75; ME conjoigenn < AF, MF conjoign- (s. of conjoindre) < L conjungere. See con-, join


con⋅join⋅er, noun
con·join   (kən-join')   
tr. & intr.v.   con·joined, con·join·ing, con·joins
To join or become joined together; unite.

[Middle English conjoinen, from Old French conjoindre, conjoign-, from Latin coniungere : com-, com- + iungere, to join; see yeug- in Indo-European roots.]
con·join'er n.

Conjoin

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.

Conjoin

Con*join"\, v. i. To unite; to join; to league. --Shak.

conjoin 
c.1374, from O.Fr. conjoindre, from L. conjungere "to join together," from com- "together" + jungere "join" (see jugular).
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