CONJOIN

join, conjoin

(verb) make contact or come together; “The two roads join here”

marry, get married, wed, conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse

(verb) take in marriage

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

conjoin (third-person singular simple present conjoins, present participle conjoining, simple past and past participle conjoined)

(transitive) To join together; to unite; to combine.

(transitive) To marry.

(transitive, grammar) To join as coordinate elements, often with a coordinating conjunction, such as coordinate clauses.

(transitive, mathematics) To combine two sets, conditions, or expressions by a logical AND; to intersect.

(intransitive) To unite, to join, to league.

Synonyms

• (to join together): affix, attach, join, put together; see also join

• (to marry): bewed, wed; see also marry

Source: Wiktionary


Con*join, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Conjoined; p.pr. & vb.n. Conjoining.] Etym: [F. conjoindre, fr. L. conjungere, -junctum; con- + jungere to join. See Join, and cf. Conjugate, Conjunction.]

Definition: 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.

Con*join", v. i.

Definition: To unite; to join; to league. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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IMPROVISED

(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”


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