rejoin

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To join or come back to a group, place, or activity after leaving it.

   After a short break, she rejoined the meeting.

2. 2
   verb

   To connect things together again after they have been separated.

   The two parts of the path rejoin near the river.

3. 3
   verb

   To reply, especially sharply or in answer to something said.

   "That's none of your business," he rejoined angrily.

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.

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