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re⋅join

1[ree-join]
–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

re⋅join

2[ri-join]
–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


2. respond, retort.
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re·join 1   (rĭ-join')   
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.]
re·join 2   (rē-join')   
v.   re·joined, re·join·ing, re·joins

v.   tr.
  1. To come again into the company of: rejoined his regiment.

  2. To join together again; reunite.

v.   intr.
To become joined again.
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