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conjugal right |
conjugal visitation |
conjugal visitation right |
conjugality |
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| conjugate solution
| conjugated
| conjugated protein
| conjugation
| conjugational
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
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conjugate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun conjugate has 1 sense
- conjugate(n = noun.substance) conjugate solution - a mixture of two partially miscible liquids A and B produces two conjugate solutions: one of A in B and another of B in A; Array is a kind of solution
Derived form verb conjugate1
Verb conjugate has 3 senses
- conjugate(v = verb.change) Array - unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds; Array is one way to blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix
- conjugate(v = verb.communication) Array - add inflections showing person, number, gender, tense, aspect, etc.; "conjugate the verb" is one way to inflect
- conjugate(v = verb.change) Array - undergo conjugation; Array is one way to change
Derived form noun conjugate1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived forms noun conjugation4, noun conjugation3, noun conjugation2
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived form noun conjugation5
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
Adjective conjugate has 4 senses
- conjugate(s = adj.all) conjugated, coupled - joined together especially in a pair or pairs; Array
- conjugate(s = adj.all) Array - (of a pinnate leaflet) having only one pair of leaflets; Array
- conjugate(s = adj.all) conjugated - formed by the union of two compounds; "a conjugated protein"
- conjugate(s = adj.all) conjugated - of an organic compound; containing two or more double bonds each separated from the other by a single bond; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
conjugate, a. [L. conjugatus, p. p. or conjugare to unite; con- + jugare to join, yoke, marry, jugum yoke; akin to jungere to join. See Join.].
- United in pairs; yoked together; coupled. [1913 Webster]
- In single pairs; coupled. [1913 Webster]
- Containing two or more compounds or radicals supposed to act the part of a single one. [1913 Webster]
- Agreeing in derivation and radical signification; -- said of words. [1913 Webster]
- Presenting themselves simultaneously and having reciprocal properties; -- frequently used in pure and applied mathematics with reference to two quantities, points, lines, axes, curves, etc. [1913 Webster]
conjugate, n. [L. conjugatum a combining, etymological relationship.].
- A word agreeing in derivation with another word, and therefore generally resembling it in signification. [1913 Webster]"We have learned, in logic, that conjugates are sometimes in name only, and not in deed." [1913 Webster]
- A complex compound formed from the non-covalent union of two other comounds, behaving as a single compound. [1913 Webster]
conjugate, v. t.
- To unite in marriage; to join. Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]
- To inflect (a verb), or give in order the forms which it assumes in its several voices, moods, tenses, numbers, and persons. [1913 Webster]
conjugate, v. i.
To unite in a kind of sexual union, as two or more cells or individuals among the more simple plants and animals. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
conjugate, v., adj., & n.
--v.
1 tr. Gram. give the different forms of (a verb).
2 intr. a unite sexually. b (of gametes) become fused.
3 intr. Chem. (of protein) combine with non-protein.
--adj.
1 joined together, esp. as a pair.
2 Gram. derived from the same root.
3 Biol. fused.
4 Chem. (of an acid or base) related by loss or gain of an electron.
5 Math. joined in a reciprocal relation, esp. having the same real parts, and equal magnitudes but opposite signs of imaginary parts.
--n. a conjugate word or thing.
--v.
1 tr. Gram. give the different forms of (a verb).
2 intr. a unite sexually. b (of gametes) become fused.
3 intr. Chem. (of protein) combine with non-protein.
--adj.
1 joined together, esp. as a pair.
2 Gram. derived from the same root.
3 Biol. fused.
4 Chem. (of an acid or base) related by loss or gain of an electron.
5 Math. joined in a reciprocal relation, esp. having the same real parts, and equal magnitudes but opposite signs of imaginary parts.
--n. a conjugate word or thing.
Derivative
conjugately adv.
Etymology
L conjugare yoke together (as com-, jugare f. jugum yoke)
THESAURUS
conjugate
accouple, accumulate, affiliate, affiliated, agglutinate, allied, amalgamated, amass, analyze, articulate, assemble, assimilated, associate, associated, band, biconjugate, bigeminate, bijugate, blended, bond, bound, bracket, bracketed, bridge, bridge over, cement, chain, clap together, coalesce, coincident, collateral, collect, combinative, combinatory, combine, combined, compact, comprehensive, comprise, concatenate, concurrent, conglobulate, conjoin, conjoint, conjugated, conjunct, conjunctive, connect, connected, connective, consolidated, copulate, corporate, correlated, couple, couple up, coupled, cover, decline, derivative, double-harness, double-team, echoic, eclectic, embrace, encompass, etymologic, fused, gather, glue, hyphenate, implicated, include, inclusive, incorporated, inflect, integrated, interlinked, interlocked, interrelated, involved, join, joined, joint, knot, knotted, lay together, league, lexical, lexicographic, lexicologic, lexigraphic, link, linked, lump together, mark, marry, marshal, mass, match, matched, mate, mated, merge, merged, mixed, mobilize, of that ilk, of that kind, one, onomastic, onomatologic, onomatopoeic, pair, pair off, paired, parallel, parenthesize, paronymic, paronymous, parse, piece together, point, punctuate, put together, related, roll into one, solder, span, splice, spliced, stick together, syncretistic, syncretized, synthesized, take in, tape, team, team up, tie, tied, twinned, unify, unite, united, wed, wedded, weld, yoke, yokedROGET THESAURUS
conjugate
Word
N word, term, vocable, name, phrase, root, etymon, derivative, part of speech, ideophone, dictionary, vocabulary, lexicon, glossary, index, concordance, thesaurus, gradus, delectus, etymology, derivation, glossology, terminology orismology, paleology, lexicography, glossographer, lexicologist, verbarian, verbal, literal, titular, nominal, conjugate, paronymous, derivative, verbally, verbatim, the artillery of words.Duality
N duality, dualism, duplicity, biplicity, biformity, polarity, two, deuce, couple, duet, brace, pair, cheeks, twins, Castor and Pollux, gemini, Siamese twins, fellows, yoke, conjugation, dispermy, doublets, dyad, span, two, twin, dual, dualistic, double, binary, binomial, twin, biparous, dyadic, conduplicate, duplex, biduous, binate, diphyletic, dispermic, unijugate, tete-a-tete, coupled, conjugate, both, both the one and the other.
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