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Rejoin

//ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪn// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To join again; to unite after separation.

    "Soon after departure, we cross the invisible border into Scotland to enjoy more stunning coastal scenery, before the line finally swings inland at Burnmouth to traverse pine-clad valleys, shadowed by the A1 trunk road until we rejoin the coast at Cove, east of Dunbar."

  2. 2
    To state in reply. archaic

    ""Be careful what you do," rejoined another man's voice that I did not know, "lest someone see you digging, and scent us out.""

  3. 3
    answer back wordnet
  4. 4
    To come, or go, again into the presence of; to join the company of again.

    "Meet and rejoin me, in my penſive Grott."

  5. 5
    To answer to a reply. archaic, intransitive
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  1. 6
    join again wordnet
  2. 7
    To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's replication. intransitive
  3. 8
    To re-insert a patent claim, typically after allowance of a patent application, applied to patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement, based on rejoinder. US, nonstandard

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English rejoynen, partly from Middle French rejoin- (stem of rejoindre, from re- (“again”) + joindre (“to join”)) and partly from re- + joynen. By surface analysis, re- + join. Doublet of rejoinder.

Etymology 2

From Middle English rejoynen, from Middle French rejoin- (stem of rejoindre, from re- (“again”) + joindre (“to join”)). By surface analysis, re- + join. Doublet of rejoinder.

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