rejoin

Meanings

1. To join again; to unite after separation.
2. To come, or go, again into the presence of; to join the company of again.

1. To state in reply.
2. To answer to a reply.
3. To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's replication.
4. To re-insert a patent claim, typically after allowance of a patent application, applied to patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement, based on rejoinder.

Etymology

From Middle English rejoynen, partly from Middle French rejoin- (stem of rejoindre, from re- (“again”) + joindre (“to join”)) and partly from re- + joynen. By surface analysis, re- + join. Doublet of rejoinder.