rejoin

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪn/, /ɹiːˈd͡ʒɔɪn/ Hyphenation: re‧join Rhymes: -ɔɪn === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Verb ==== rejoin (third-person singular simple present rejoins, present participle rejoining, simple past and past participle rejoined) To join again; to unite after separation. Antonyms: disjoin, unjoin To come, or go, again into the presence of; to join the company of again. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English rejoynen, from Middle French rejoin- (stem of rejoindre, from re- (“again”) + joindre (“to join”)). By surface analysis, re- +‎ join. Doublet of rejoinder. ==== Verb ==== rejoin (third-person singular simple present rejoins, present participle rejoining, simple past and past participle rejoined) (archaic) To state in reply. (archaic, intransitive) To answer to a reply. (law, intransitive) To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's replication. (US patent law, nonstandard) To re-insert a patent claim, typically after allowance of a patent application, applied to patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement, based on rejoinder. ===== Derived terms ===== === References === === Anagrams === Joiner, joiner