rejoin
verbEtymology
From Middle English rejoynen, partly from Middle French rejoin- (stem of rejoindre, from re- (“again”) + joindre (“to join”)) and partly from re- + joynen. By surface analysis, re- + join. Doublet of rejoinder.
- inherited from rejoynen
Definitions
To join again
To join again; to unite after separation.
To come, or go, again into the presence of
To come, or go, again into the presence of; to join the company of again.
- Meet and rejoin me, in my penſive Grott.
- Williams had a problem fitting his left rear tyre and that left Alonso only 3.1secs adrift when he rejoined from his final stop three laps later.
To state in reply.
- "Be careful what you do," rejoined another man's voice that I did not know, "lest someone see you digging, and scent us out."
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To answer to a reply.
To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's replication.
To re-insert a patent claim, typically after allowance of a patent application, applied…
To re-insert a patent claim, typically after allowance of a patent application, applied to patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement, based on rejoinder.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA