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The definition of conjugate is two or more things joined together.

(adjective)

An example of conjugate is a relationship when the people are married.

Conjugate means to join or unite two or more things or people together or to give different forms to a word to reflect a different person, voice or number.

(verb)

An example of conjugate is an official declaring two people married.
An example of conjugate is to show different forms of the word "be" such as was, were, being and been.

See conjugate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

joined together, esp. in a pair; coupled
Bot. bijugate
Chem.
1. related to each other by the difference of a proton: said of acids and bases
2. of or pertaining to the alternation of single and double bonds in organic compounds
Gram. derived from the same base and, usually, related in meaning: said of words
Math. specially related or having the same or similar properties, as two points, lines, or quantities

Origin: ME conjugat < L conjugatus, pp. of conjugare, to join together < com-, together + jugare, to join < jugum, yoke

noun

a conjugate word
a conjugate point, line, quantity, etc.
a chemically conjugated substance

transitive verb conjugated, conjugating

Archaic to join together; unite; couple
Biochem. to join (compounds) so that the resulting substance can be readily removed, as a toxic product in the body
Gram. to inflect (a verb) systematically, giving its different forms according to voice, mood, tense, number, and person

intransitive verb

Biol. to unite in conjugation
Gram.
1. to conjugate a verb
2. to be conjugated

Related Forms:

conjugator noun

See conjugate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb con·ju·gat·ed, con·ju·gat·ing, con·ju·gates

verb, transitive

Grammar To inflect (a verb) in its forms for distinctions such as number, person, voice, mood, and tense.
To join together.

verb, intransitive

Biology To undergo conjugation.
Grammar To be inflected.

adjective (-gĭt, -gātˌ)

Joined together, especially in a pair or pairs; coupled.
Mathematics & Physics Inversely or oppositely related with respect to one of a group of otherwise identical properties, especially designating either or both of a pair of complex numbers differing only in the sign of the imaginary term.
Chemistry Relating to an acid and a base that are related by the difference of a proton.
Linguistics Derived from a common source, such as the words foul and filth.

noun (-gĭt, -gātˌ)

Mathematics & Physics Any of a set of numbers that satisfy the same irreducible polynomial.
Chemistry A chemical compound that has been formed by the joining of two or more compounds.

Origin:

Origin: Latin coniugāre, coniugāt-, to join together

Origin: : com-, com-

Origin: + iugāre, to join (from iugum, yoke; see yeug- in Indo-European roots)

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