 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
rejoin
verb
1: join again
2: answer back [syn: {retort}, {come back}, {repay}, {return},
{riposte}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rejoin \Re*join"\ (r?-join"), verb (used with an object) [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rejoin \Re*join"\, verb (used without an object)
1. To answer to a reply.
2. (Law) To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's
replication.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
32 Moby Thesaurus words for "rejoin":
acknowledge, answer, answer back, come back, come back at, come in,
confute, countercharge, counterclaim, echo, flash back,
give acknowledgment, give answer, make a rebuttal, react, rebut,
reecho, refute, reply, respond, retort, return, return answer,
return for answer, reverberate, riposte, say, say in reply,
shoot back, surrebut, surrejoin, talk back
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