Interjoin
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To interconnect two sets.
- 2 To join mutually; to unite. intransitive, transitive
"[…] so, fellest foes, Whose passions and whose plots have broke their sleep, To take the one the other, by some chance, Some trick not worth an egg, shall grow dear friends And interjoin their issues."
- 3 To say by way of interruption, to interject.
"“No, no,” cried lady Anna, in trepidation, “leave him—let him go.” Lennard unloosed his hold for a moment; and regarding her ladyship with a look of jealous anger, he stood irresolute. “Leave him,” interjoined Wentworth. “He has abused the privileges of a social meeting, by venting the preconcerted acumen of a malicious nature; he is beneath your contempt.”"
Example
More examples"[…] so, fellest foes, Whose passions and whose plots have broke their sleep, To take the one the other, by some chance, Some trick not worth an egg, shall grow dear friends And interjoin their issues."
Etymology
From inter- + join.
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