rejoin
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verb (used with object)
1.
to say in answer; reply, especially to counterreply.
verb (used without object)
2.
to answer; reply, especially to counterreply.
3.
Law. to answer a plaintiff's replication.
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| —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 | |
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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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Example sentences
Newly released pelicans stand ready to rejoin their environment.
After six days on the seafloor it was time to rejoin the world above.
But workers did not throng to rejoin the old structures.
They can stand within minutes of birth and calf and cow usually rejoin the herd within a couple of weeks.
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