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injointing

injointing is the present participle and gerund of injoint.

Meaning of injoint

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...

Questions about injointing

What is injointing the present participle and gerund of?
Injointing is the present participle and gerund of injoint.

Words near injointing in the dictionary

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

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