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rejoin¹

  • /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪn/
  • /ɹiːˈd͡ʒɔɪn/

Rhymes with -ɔɪn

Where it comes from

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 rejoins · rejoining · rejoined

  1. To join again; to unite after separation. 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.

    Opposite: disjoin, unjoin

  2. To come, or go, again into the presence of; to join the company of again. Meet and rejoin me, in my penſive Grott.

rejoin²

  • /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪn/
  • /ɹiːˈd͡ʒɔɪn/

Rhymes with -ɔɪn

Where it comes from

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 rejoins · rejoining · rejoined

  1. archaic To state in reply. "Be careful what you do," rejoined another man's voice that I did not know, "lest someone see you digging, and scent us out."
  2. archaic, intransitive To answer to a reply.
  3. intransitive To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's replication.
  4. US, 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To re-insert a patent claim, typically after allowance of a patent application, applied to patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement, based on rejoinder.

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Closest in meaning: return, come back, repay, retort, riposte, reintegration, reenter, reintegrate, re-engage, re-enter, reinstate, regain, resume, enter, input, answer

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@misc{rejoin_2026,
  title = {rejoin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rejoin},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}