单词 | conjoint |
释义 | conjointadj. 1. Originally used as past participle of conjoin v. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > [adjective] > combined conjoint1393 redacta1398 combinate1583 combined1603 social1620 solida1626 consolidate1638 conjunct1649 alligateda1676 combinated1757 amalgamated1827 amalgamate1849 consolidateda1850 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 127 Libra they ben and Sagittaire With Scorpio, which is conjoint With hem to stonde upon that point. 1536 Prymer Salysbery Use (STC 15992) f. cxlix In my fayth to cryst conioynt. 1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 99 None will deny but that Greatnesse and Conveniency being conjoynt fits best. 1690 J. Child Disc. Trade i. 27 The abatement of Interest conjoynt with Excises upon our home consumption. II. As an adjective: joined together; associated. 2. a. United, combined, conjoined. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [adjective] > of actions, attributes, etc. joint1609 conjoint1725 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Rose-Tree These two conjoint Causes. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 115 The conjoint operation of fire and water is tremendous. 1851 J. P. Nichol Archit. Heavens (ed. 9) 172 Conjoint stars are divided into orders. 1874 W. B. Carpenter Princ. Mental Physiol. v. §177. 199 The conjoint use of both eyes. b. Music. See conjunct adj. and n. ΚΠ 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Conjoint, Conjunctus, is applied in the antient Musick, in the same Sense as Consonant, to two or more Sounds... Conjoint Degrees, are two Notes which immediately follow each other in the Order of the Scale. 3. Associated as a colleague. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > [adjective] > associated as colleague conjoint1864 1864 A. McKay Hist. Kilmarnock (ed. 3) 131 A conjoint or colleague minister. 4. Belonging to, or constituted by, two or more in combination. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [adjective] > constituted by two or more jointly united1571 conjoint1871 1871 J. R. Macduff Memories of Patmos xxi. 285 It is the conjoint throne of Father and Son. 1879 Q. Rev. Apr. 420 Their conjoint guilt was proved. 1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. iv. 193 Their conjoint delta plain varies from 500 miles to 150 miles in width. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1393 |
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