rejoin
/ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.19 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To join again; to unite after separation.
verb
To re-insert a patent claim, typically after allowance of a patent application, applied to patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement, based on rejoinder.
American usage
Example Sentences
- "Soon after departure, we cross the invisible border into Scotland to enjoy more stunning coastal scenery, before the line finally swings inland at Burnmouth to traverse pine-clad valleys, shadowed by the A1 trunk road until we rejoin the coast at Cove, east of Dunbar."
- "Meet and rejoin me, in my penſive Grott."
- "The pair parted company and Stephen rejoined Mr Bloom, who with his practised eye, was not without perceiving that he had succumbed to the blandiloquence of the other parasite. Alluding to the encounter he said, laughingly, Stephen, that is: […]"
- "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."
- ""Be careful what you do," rejoined another man's voice that I did not know, "lest someone see you digging, and scent us out.""
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *yewg-, rejoynen
Usage
- Archaic
- Intransitive verb
- American usage