conjoin (redirected from conjoins)

con·join  (kn-join)

tr. & intr.v. con·joined, con·join·ing, con·joins

To join or become joined together; unite.

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[Middle English conjoinen, from Old French conjoindre, conjoign-, from Latin coniungere : com-, com- + iungere, to join; see yeug- in Indo-European roots.]

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con·joiner n.

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conjoin [kənˈdʒɔɪn]

vb

to join or become joined

[from Old French conjoindre, from Latin conjungere, from jungere to join]

conjoiner  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	conjoin - make contact or come together; "The two roads join here" join feather - join tongue and groove, in carpentry attach - become attached; "The spider's thread attached to the window sill" cross-link - join by creating covalent bonds (of adjacent chains of a polymer or protein) anastomose, inosculate - come together or open into each other; "the blood vessels anastomose" connect, link, link up, tie - connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms" copulate, mate, couple, pair - engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring" yoke - become joined or linked together engraft, graft, ingraft - cause to grow together parts from different plants; "graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree" splice - join together so as to form new genetic combinations; "splice genes" splice - join the ends of; "splice film" patch, piece - to join or unite the pieces of; "patch the skirt" solder - join or fuse with solder; "solder these two pipes together" weld - join together by heating; "weld metal" quilt - stitch or sew together; "quilt the skirt" entwine, knit - tie or link together
	2.	conjoin - take in marriage                     get hitched with, get married, hook up with, marry, wed, espouse unite, unify - act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief inmarry - marry within one's own tribe or group; "The inhabitants of this isolated village tend to inmarry" mismarry - marry an unsuitable partner marry, splice, wed, tie - perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got spliced on Hawaii" wive - marry a woman, take a wife wive - take (someone) as a wife intermarry - marry within the same ethnic, social, or family group remarry - marry, not for the first time; "After her divorce, she remarried her high school sweetheart"

Translations

conjoin [kənˈdʒɔɪn] (frm)

A. VT → aunar, unir

B. VI → aunarse, unirse

conjoin [kənˈdʒɔɪn] (formal)

vt → lier
conjoined twin [kənˌdʒɔɪndˈtwɪn] n → enfant m/f siamois(e)

conjoin

vt (form) → verbinden