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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONJOIN, v.t. [L., to join. See Join.]
1. To join together, without any thing intermediate; to unite two or more persons or things in close connection; as, to conjoin friends; to conjoin man and woman in marriage.
2. To associate, or connect.
Let that which he learns next be nearly conjoined with what he knows already.
CONJOIN, v.i. To unite; to join; to league.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: make contact or come together; "The two roads join here" [syn: join, conjoin] [ant: disjoin, disjoint]
2: take in marriage [syn: marry, get married, wed, conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse]

Merriam Webster's

verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French conjoindre, from Latin conjungere, from com- + jungere to join — more at yoke Date: 14th century transitive verb to join together (as separate entities) for a common purpose intransitive verb to join together for a common purpose

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. & intr. join, combine. Etymology: ME f. OF conjoign- pres. stem of conjoindre f. L conjungere (as com-, jungere junct- join)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Conjoin Con*join, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conjoined; p. pr. & vb. n. Conjoining.] [F. conjoindre, fr. L. conjungere, -junctum; con- + jungere to join. See Join, and cf. Conjugate, Conjunction.] To join together; to unite. The English army, that divided was Into two parties, is now conjoined in one. --Shak. If either of you know any inward impediment why you should not be conjoined. --Shak. Let that which he learns next be nearly conjoined with what he knows already. --Locke.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Conjoin Con*join", v. i. To unite; to join; to league. --Shak.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(conjoins, conjoining, conjoined) If two or more things conjoin or if you conjoin them, they are united and joined together. (FORMAL) The wisdom of the retired generals and backbench MPs conjoins... America's rise in rates was conjoined with higher rates elsewhere. ...if we conjoin the two responses. V-RECIP: pl-n V, be V-ed with n, V pl-n, also V n with n, V with n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Join, unite, combine, connect, associate, join together.