[syn: union, unification, uniting, conjugation, jointure]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Conjugation \Con`ju*ga"tion\, n. [L. conjugatio conjugation (in
senses 1 & 3).]
1. the act of uniting or combining; union; assemblage. [Obs.]
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Mixtures and conjugations of atoms. --Bentley.
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2. Two things conjoined; a pair; a couple. [Obs.]
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The sixth conjugations or pair of nerves. --Sir T.
Browne.
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3. (Gram.)
(a) The act of conjugating a verb or giving in order its
various parts and inflections.
(b) A scheme in which are arranged all the parts of a
verb.
(c) A class of verbs conjugated in the same manner.
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4. (Biol.) A kind of sexual union; -- applied to a blending
of the contents of two or more cells or individuals in
some plants and lower animals, by which new spores or
germs are developed.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
conjugation
n 1: the state of being joined together [syn: junction,
conjunction, conjugation, colligation]
2: the inflection of verbs
3: the complete set of inflected forms of a verb
4: a class of verbs having the same inflectional forms
5: the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive
purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating
of some species occurs only in the spring" [syn: coupling,
mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union]
6: the act of making or becoming a single unit; "the union of
opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of
his family for the holidays" [syn: union, unification,
uniting, conjugation, jointure] [ant: disunion]