re-join

verb (used with object)

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

to join together again; reunite.

verb (used without object)

to become joined together again.

Origin:
1535–45; re- + join

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verb (used with object)

to say in answer; reply, especially to counterreply.

verb (used without object)

to answer; reply, especially to counterreply.

Law. to answer a plaintiff's replication.

Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English rejoinen < Anglo-French rejoyner, variant of Middle French rejoindre, equivalent to re- re- + joindre to join

Synonyms
2. respond, retort.

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rejoin¹ (riːˈdʒɔɪn)

—vb
1.	to come again into company with (someone or something)
2.	(tr) to put or join together again; reunite

rejoin² (rɪˈdʒɔɪn)

—vb
1.	to say (something) in reply; answer, reply, or retort
2.	law to answer (a claimant's reply)

[C15: from Old French rejoign-, stem of rejoindre; see re-, join]

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Word Origin & History

rejoin

"join again," 1540s, from re- "again" + join.

rejoin

"to answer," mid-15c., 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 1630s. Rejoinder is mid-15c., from M.Fr. rejoindre; originally "defendant's

answer to the replication."

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