rejoin

Meaning

1. To join again; to unite after separation.
2. To come, or go, again into the presence of; to join the company of again.
3. To state in reply.
4. To answer to a reply.
5. To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's replication.
6. in US patent law To re-insert a patent claim, typically after allowance of a patent application, applied to patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement, based on rejoinder (patent law).

Synonyms

reunite

retort

reassemble

reply

come back

answer

riposte

join together

confute

meet

repay

reconvene

respond

return

reconnect

recur

refute

regain

region

snap

stem

thwart

traverse

withstand

counter to

go to meet

meet again

meet up with

put back together

return to

revert to

join up with

arrive

catch up

contravene

controvert

cue

find

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impugn

occur

oppose

oppugn

reattach

rebuff

rebut

Hyphenated as

re‧join

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪn/

Etymology

French rejoindre; pref. re- re- + joindre to join. See join, and compare rejoinder.