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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ We have to conjugate these verbs in Latin. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Bacteria can conjugate sexually and exchange genetic material through a connecting tube that forms between two cells. ▪ Bile acids in the rat are predominantly ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In algebra , a conjugate is a binomial formed by negating the second term of a binomial. The conjugate of is , where x and y are real numbers . If y is imaginary , the process is termed complex conjugation : the complex conjugate of is , where a and b are ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Conjugate \Con"ju*gate\, v. i. (Biol.) To unite in a kind of sexual union, as two or more cells or individuals among the more simple plants and animals.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds add inflections showing person, number, gender, tense, aspect, etc.; "conjugate the verb" undergo conjugation
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1520s, in grammatical sense; 1560s in literal sense, from Latin coniugatus , past participle of coniugare "to yoke together" (see conjugal ). Earlier as an adjective (late 15c.). Related: Conjugated ; conjugating .
Usage examples of conjugate.
This has to be the conjugated estrogens in his orange juice every morning.
She confounded all she was taught, and never could recollect whether the verb was conjugated and the noun declined, or whether it was the other way round, to use one of her favourite expressions, so that her preceptors were compelled to fall back, more exclusively than with her schoolfellows, on her moral conduct, which was outwardly respectable enough, but by the occupant of the other bed might perhaps have been reported on in terms not quite so satisfactory as those in the quarterly form signed by Miss Ponsonby.
The conjugated estrogens, the Premarin, the estradiol, the ethinyl estradi-ol, they've all found their way into Seth's diet cola.
Manus cheated on me with Evie, but I still love him so much I'll hide any amount of conjugated estrogen in his food.
He conjugated with his bottle and called to a robot to bring him another.
Shlestertrap murmured and conjugated long and thoughtfully with the bottle.
Our civilizer sat on a single chair surrounded by multitudes of bottles, all of whom had already been conjugated to the point of extinction.
Somewhere below, in one of the burgeoning cities of the Southlands or wandering the waste of the Northlands, were two of the three children the Regis had conjugated in human form.
She had conjugated herself in an approximation of humanoid female form in his honor.
She confounded all she was taught, and never could recollect whether the verb was conjugated and the noun declined, or whether it was the other way round, to use one of her favourite expressions, so that her preceptors were compelled to fall back, more exclusively than with her schoolfellows, on her moral conduct, which was outwardly respectable enough, but by the occupant of the other bed might perhaps have been reported on in terms not quite so satisfactory as those in the quarterly form signed by Miss Ponsonby.
In the Missionary College at Lahainaluna, on Mowee, one of the Sandwich Islands, I saw a tabular exhibition of a Hawiian verb, conjugated through all its moods and tenses.
Plasmid conjugates had become very sophisticated tools in those years.
Plasmid conjugates had become very sophisticated tools in those years.
I was trying to talk to Siss, but before I knew it I'd rubbed on some betty and started conjugating with her.
I drove down alleys with my headlights out, searching for burglars and conjugating French verbs.