Rejoin

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rejoin \Re*join"\ (r?-join"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rejoined}
     (-joind"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rejoining}.] [F. rejoindre; pref.
     re- re- + joindre to join. See {Join}, and cf. {Rejoinder}.]
     1. To join again; to unite after separation.
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     2. To come, or go, again into the presence of; to join the
        company of again.
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              Meet and rejoin me, in the pensive grot. --Pope.
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     3. To state in reply; -- followed by an object clause.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rejoin \Re*join"\, v. i.
     1. To answer to a reply.
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     2. (Law) To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's
        replication.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rejoin
       v 1: join again
       2: answer back [syn: {retort}, {come back}, {repay}, {return},
          {riposte}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "rejoin":
     acknowledge, answer, answer back, come back, come back at, come in,
     confute, countercharge, counterclaim, echo, flash back,
     give acknowledgment, give answer, make a rebuttal, react, rebut,
     reecho, refute, reply, respond, retort, return, return answer,
     return for answer, reverberate, riposte, say, say in reply,
     shoot back, surrebut, surrejoin, talk back