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Conjugation definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONJUGATION, n. [L.]
1. A couple or pair; as a conjugation of nerves. [Little used.]
2. The act of uniting or compiling; union; assemblage.
3. In grammar, the distribution of the several inflections or variations of a verb, in their different voices, modes, tenses, numbers and persons; a connected scheme of all the derivative forms of a verb.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the state of being joined together [syn: junction, conjunction, conjugation, colligation]
2: the inflection of verbs
3: the complete set of inflected forms of a verb
4: a class of verbs having the same inflectional forms
5: the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring" [syn: coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union]
6: the act of making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays" [syn: union, unification, uniting, conjugation, jointure] [ant: disunion]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century 1. a. a schematic arrangement of the inflectional forms of a verb b. verb inflection c. a class of verbs having the same type of inflectional forms <the weak conjugation> d. a set of the simple or derivative inflectional forms of a verb especially in Sanskrit or the Semitic languages <the causative conjugation> 2. the act of conjugating ; the state of being conjugated 3. a. fusion of usually similar gametes with ultimate union of their nuclei and sexual reproduction that occurs in most fungi and in some algae (as green algae) b. temporary cytoplasmic union with exchange of nuclear material that is the usual sexual process in ciliated protozoans c. the one-way transfer of DNA between bacteria in cellular contact • conjugational adjective • conjugationally adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 Gram. a system of verbal inflection. 2 a the act or an instance of conjugating. b an instance of this. 3 Biol. the fusion of two gametes in reproduction. Derivatives: conjugational adj. Etymology: L conjugatio (as conjugate)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Conjugation Con`ju*ga"tion, n. [L. conjugatio conjugation (in senses 1 & 3).] 1. the act of uniting or combining; union; assemblage. [Obs.] Mixtures and conjugations of atoms. --Bentley. 2. Two things conjoined; a pair; a couple. [Obs.] The sixth conjugations or pair of nerves. --Sir T. Browne. 3. (Gram.) (a) The act of conjugating a verb or giving in order its various parts and inflections. (b) A scheme in which are arranged all the parts of a verb. (c) A class of verbs conjugated in the same manner. 4. (Biol.) A kind of sexual union; -- applied to a blending of the contents of two or more cells or individuals in some plants and lower animals, by which new spores or germs are developed.

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