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rejoin

Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪn/

The English word “rejoin” has 6 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To join again; to unite after separation.
  2. To come, or go, again into the presence of; to join the company of again.
  3. To state in reply.
  4. To answer to a reply.
  5. To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's replication.
  6. To re-insert a patent claim, typically after allowance of a patent application, applied to patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement, based on rejoinder.

Etymology

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.

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