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injoint

injoint verb: to disjoint; to separate.

Verb

injoint (third-person singular simple present injoints, present participle injointing, simple past and past participle injointed)

  1. (obsolete) To disjoint; to separate.
    • The foresaid Bridge by a mightie tempest was injointed and broken.1603, Plutarch, translated by Philemon Holland, The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield, →OCLC
  2. (obsolete) To join; to unite.
    • The Ottamites. Reueren'd, and Gracious,
      Steering with due course toward the Ile of Rhodes,
      Have there injointed with an after fleet.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Forms of injoint

third-person singular presentinjoints
present participleinjointing
past participleinjointed
pastinjointed

Origin of injoint

From in- + joint.

Questions about injoint

What does injoint mean?
Injoint means to disjoint; to separate.
What part of speech is injoint?
Injoint is a verb.
What is the past tense of injoint?
The past tense of injoint is injointed.

Words near injoint in the dictionary

  1. injogs
  2. injoin
  3. injoined
  4. injoining
  5. injoins
  6. injoint
  7. injointed
  8. injointing
  9. injoints
  10. injoy
  11. injoyed

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