Rejoin
verb ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
- 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 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 answer back wordnet
- 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 To answer to a reply. archaic, intransitive
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- 6 join again wordnet
- 7 To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's replication. intransitive
- 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To re-insert a patent claim, typically after allowance of a patent application, applied to patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement, based on rejoinder.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
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More examples"President Obama has worked to reduce recidivism and improve strategies that allow formerly incarcerated individuals to rejoin society successfully."
Etymology
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.
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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