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▪ I. conjoining, vbl. n.|kənˈdʒɔɪnɪŋ| [f. as prec. + -ing1.] The action of joining together.
c1386Chaucer Sec. Nun's T. 95 Or elles Cecile..Is ioyned by a manere conioynynge Of heuene and lia. c1555Harpsfield Divorce Hen. VIII (1878) 240 Matrimony, then, is a coupling and conjoining of the man and the woman. 1653Baxter Chr. Concord 99 Building is conjoyning, and demolishing and destroying is dividing. ▪ II. conˈjoining, ppl. a. [f. as prec. + -ing2.] That conjoins; † adjoining.
1579Fenton Guicciard. i. (1599) 19 With many other countries conioyning. c1624R. Skynner in Abp. Ussher's Lett. (1686) 351 Repentance is of a conjoyning and uniting nature, making the Sinner..nigh unto God. |