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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
rejoin
I.verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ "I won't be here long," he rejoined.
▪ I promised to rejoin Jane in an hour.
▪ Schroeder will rejoin the company as president and CEO.
▪ The cables need to be rejoined.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Altogether Jones has been sent packing on six occasions, the latest for swearing soon after rejoining Wimbledon from Chelsea.
▪ As he got closer still to the house the fly above his head let him to rejoin its fellows.
▪ At the beginning of the first world war he applied unsuccessfully to rejoin the army.
▪ He sighed, looked round once more and went back to rejoin Sir John.
▪ No more will you hear me say that I am thinking of rejoining the gym.
▪ Ron Erhardt was rumored all season to be interested in rejoining Bill Parcells in Foxborough.
▪ Very occasionally, the tubes rejoin and fertility returns.
II.verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ As he got closer still to the house the fly above his head let him to rejoin its fellows.
▪ Ron Erhardt was rumored all season to be interested in rejoining Bill Parcells in Foxborough.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rejoin

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.

  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.

Rejoin

Rejoin \Re*join"\, v. i.

  1. To answer to a reply.

  2. (Law) To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's replication.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
rejoin

also re-join, 1520s, "unite again, unite after separation" (transitive), from re- "again" + join (v.). Meaning "join the company of again" is from 1610s. Related: Rejoined; rejoining.

rejoin

"to answer," mid-15c., legal term, from Middle French rejoin-, stem of rejoindre "to answer to a legal charge," from Old French re- "back" (see re-) + joindre "to join" (see join). General (non-legal) meaning first recorded 1630s.

Wiktionary
rejoin

vb. 1 To join again; to unite after separation. 2 To come, or go, again into the presence of; to join the company of again.

WordNet
rejoin
  1. v. join again

  2. answer back [syn: retort, come back, repay, return, riposte]

Usage examples of "rejoin".

If given the chance, she would have rejoined the Order, but for those who abjure their vows, there is never a second chance.

Scrubbing their hands in a basin of vinegar provided by the keeper of the place, they rejoined Alec outside.

The main current now runs straight, the anabranch diverges and then rejoins.

Binalshibh rejoined Atta and Jarrah, who said they already had pledged loyalty to Bin Ladin and urged him to do the same.

With the biplane off their minds, the Rovers rejoined their friends in the automobile, and took a run through the country for fifty miles or more.

When Roger and Helen rejoined her in the den a few minutes later she showed the bookseller the advertisement.

Indeed, Admiral Ackbar had seemed the logical choice to represent Mon Calamari on the Advisory Council, as he had done back when the first Provisional Council was formed, but when the push for Pwoe - a push Luke suspected orchestrated by Borsk - had become serious, Ackbar had waved away all thoughts of rejoining the council and had retired.

The philosopher gave his instructions, and came out and rejoined the prince, with whom he walked up and down for two or three hours.

In two minutes I put on a pair of black satin breeches, and I rejoined the lady before her husband came in.

When the Kate was blazing on the surface, the second TBF, holding both Colgan and the circler on his radar, gave him a heading back to the first where the flight rejoined and continued home, having moved not one mile off its intended track.

Sir Lucius Grafton rejoin her, and lead her to the cotillon that was forming on the turf.

On rejoining the company after this wearisome game, I proceeded to scrutinize all the ladies present rapidly but keenly, but I could not see her for whom I looked, and was on the point of leaving, when I happened to notice two ladies who were looking at me attentively.

We rejoined her aunt, and returned to the ball-room, but with all my endeavours I could not regain my calm.

I and Adele could each have a bed to ourselves, as he wanted to start for Nevers directly after supper, so as to be able to catch-his debtor at daybreak, and to rejoin us when we got there the following day.

The sergeant had rejoined Cuttle, who had managed to dig a small hole in what seemed an absurdly short time.