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conjoin Definition

con·join (kən jo̵in)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to join together; unite; combine

Etymology: ME conjoinen < OFr conjoindre < L conjungere < com-, together + jungere, join

conjoin Usage Examples

Object

  • twin: We query the urge to make conjoined twins conform to societal norms.
  • fragment: Some weights had exploded, for example, Find no 6073 which is represented by 117 conjoining fragments.
  • appeal: The House of Lords so held in two conjoined appeals.
  • phrase: This makes it possible to search inside a conjoined phrase as if it wasn't conjoined.
  • case: The ECJ hearing three conjoined cases has essentially ruled that rolled-up holiday pay is on the face of it unlawful.
  • head: In 1673 he had a grant of arms: Azure, three saracen '5 heads conjoined on one neck Argent.

Preposition: with

  • colon: The session name and stream name are expected to be conjoined with a colon ( : ).
  • body: Kahlo's head is conjoined with the body of a stag, which is pierced with arrows.
  • thing: To be conjoined with things we dislike, to be separated from things we like that also is dukkha.

Adjective complement

  • twin: At the vegetarian cooperative shop Rhea persuades conjoined twin Di that they should build bridges with next door butcher Mr Morrissey.
  • argent: BARNSTAPLE TOWN COUNCIL ARMS: Gules a Castle of three towers conjoined Argent the center tower larger than the others.

Modifying Another Word

  • not: She was pious enough, but her media was not conjoined with the spectactular mystical accomplishments of the Llandderfel woman.
  • closely: They are closely conjoined, since they arise at the same base, share the same object and fall away together.
  • so: For them Church and King were so conjoined as to be almost one word.
  • intimately: As Flusser suggests, within the technical image, art, politics and science are intimately conjoined ( 2000: 19 ).
  • all: A few days later on May 10th, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Uranus all conjoined over it.

Preposition: in

base: In the language of heraldry; An Annulet ensigned with a cross pattée, and interlaced with a Saltire conjoined in base.