## Meanings
1. To join or come back to a group, place, or activity after leaving it.
2. To connect things together again after they have been separated.
3. To reply, especially sharply or in answer to something said.

## Examples
- After a short break, she rejoined the meeting.
- The two parts of the path rejoin near the river.
- "That's none of your business," he rejoined angrily.

## Derived Forms
- rejoinable
- rejoiner
- surrejoin
- unrejoined

## Related Forms
- conjoin
- rejoint

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *yewg-
- Root: rejoynen

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
Rejoin comes 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. Modern senses include to join or come back to a group, place, or activity after leaving it. and to connect things together again after they have been separated.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as rejoinable, rejoiner, surrejoin, and unrejoined and related forms such as conjoin and rejoint.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction
- Communication

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