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Meaning of REJOIN

Pronunciation:  ri'joyn

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [v]  answer back
  2. [v]  join again
 
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 Synonyms: come back, repay, retort, return, riposte
 
 See Also: answer, fall in, get together, join, reply, respond

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \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.
    2. To come, or go, again into the presence of; to join the
       company of again.
             Meet and rejoin me, in the pensive grot. --Pope.
    3. To state in reply; -- followed by an object clause.
    
  2. \Re*join"\, v. i.
    1. To answer to a reply.
    2. (Law) To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's
       replication.
    
 
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