conjoin

/kənˈdʒɔɪn/
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Other forms: conjoined; conjoins; conjoining

Definitions of conjoin
  1. verb
    make contact or come together
    synonyms: join
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    feather
    join tongue and groove, in carpentry
    attach
    become attached
    cross-link
    join by creating covalent bonds (of adjacent chains of a polymer or protein)
    anastomose, inosculate
    come together or open into each other
    yoke
    become joined or linked together
    engraft, graft, ingraft
    cause to grow together parts from different plants
    splice
    join together so as to form new genetic combinations
    splice
    join the ends of
    patch, piece
    to join or unite the pieces of
    solder
    join or fuse with solder
    weld
    join together by heating
    quilt
    stitch or sew together
    entwine, knit
    tie or link together
    nick
    mate successfully; of livestock
    agglutinate
    string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language)
    implant
    become attached to and embedded in the uterus
    fasten
    become fixed or fastened
    adhere, bind, bond, hold fast, stick, stick to
    stick to firmly
    have intercourse, have sex, love, roll in the hay
    have sexual intercourse with
    tread
    mate with
    serve, service
    mate with
    spat
    become permanently attached
    vamp, vamp up
    piece (something old) with a new part
    dip solder
    solder by immersion in a bath of molten solder
    soft-solder
    repair with soft-solder
    braze
    solder together by using hard solder with a high melting point
    spot-weld, spotweld
    make circular welds
    butt-weld, buttweld
    join by a butt weld
    purl stitch
    make with purl stitches
    intertwine, loop
    make a loop in
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    connect, link, link up, tie
    connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
  2. verb
    take in marriage
    synonyms: espouse, get hitched with, get married, hook up with, marry, wed
    marry, splice, tie, wed
    perform a marriage ceremony
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    inmarry
    marry within one's own tribe or group
    mismarry
    marry an unsuitable partner
    wive
    marry a woman, take a wife
    wive
    take (someone) as a wife
    intermarry
    marry within the same ethnic, social, or family group
    remarry
    marry, not for the first time
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    unify, unite
    act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief
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Snow Falling on Cedars
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In the shadow of World War II, a Japanese-American man is accused of murdering a fisherman, exposing long-buried secrets, animosity, and prejudice in the island community of San Piedro.

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