Full definition of rejoin
Verb
- To join again; to unite after separation.
- To come, or go, again into the presence of; to join the company of again.
- circa 1733–38 Alexander Pope, Imitations of Horace, in 1807, (editor), The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume II, page 60,Meet and rejoin me, in the pensive grot:
- Joyce Ulysses, Episode 16The pair parted company and Stephen rejoined Mr Bloom who, with his practised eye, was not without perceiving that he had succumbed to the blandiloquence of the other parasite. Alluding to the encounter he said, laughingly, Stephen, that is:
- 2012, May 13, Andrew Benson, Williams's Pastor Maldonado takes landmark Spanish Grand Prix win, Williams had a problem fitting his left rear tyre and that left Alonso only 3.1secs adrift when he rejoined from his final stop three laps later.
- (archaic) To state in reply; -- followed by an object clause.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4'Be careful what you do,' rejoined another man's voice that I did not know, 'lest someone see you digging, and scent us out.'
- (archaic, intransitive): To answer to a reply.
- (legal, intransitive) To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's replication.
