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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
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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.
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Word Origin & History

conjoin 
c.1374, from O.Fr. conjoindre, from L. conjungere "to join together," from com- "together" + jungere "join" (see jugular).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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