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prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Gambia. Population (2000) = 44, 188, . [ PJC ]

n. [ Corrupted from benzoin. ] See Benzoin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of upper coat for men. [ Colloq. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A descendant of Benjamin; one of the tribe of Benjamin. Judg. iii. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + conjugate, a. ] (Bot.) Twice paired, as when a petiole forks twice. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) A rough-haired East Indian variety of the greyhound. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an Australian timber tree (Flindersia schottiana) whose bark yields a poison. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Same as Clamjamphrie. [ Scot. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To conjecture; also, to plan. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. conjectus, p. p. of conjicere. See Conjecture, n. ] To throw together, or to throw. [ Obs. ] Bp. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who guesses or conjectures. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A great conjector at other men by their writings. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being conjectured or guessed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. conjecturalis: cf. F. conjectural. ] Dependent on conjecture; fancied; imagined; guessed at; undetermined; doubtful. [ 1913 Webster ]

And mak'st conjectural fears to come into me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A slight expense of conjectural analogy. Hugh Miller. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who or what such editor may be, must remain conjectural. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A conjecturer. [ R. ] Month. rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which depends upon guess; guesswork. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a conjectural manner; by way of conjecture. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. conjectura, fr. conjicere, conjectum, to throw together, infer, conjecture; con- + jacere to throw: cf. F. conjecturer. See Jet a shooting forth. ] An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion. [ 1913 Webster ]

He [ Herodotus ] would thus have corrected his first loose conjecture by a real study of nature. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Conjectures, fancies, built on nothing firm. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Conjectured p. pr. & vb. n. Conjecturing. ] [ Cf. F. conjecturer. Cf. Conject. ] To arrive at by conjecture; to infer on slight evidence; to surmise; to guess; to form, at random, opinions concerning. [ 1913 Webster ]

Human reason can then, at the best, but conjecture what will be. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make conjectures; to surmise; to guess; to infer; to form an opinion; to imagine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who conjectures. Hobbes. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Conjoined p. pr. & vb. n. Conjoining. ] [ F. conjoindre, fr. L. conjungere, -junctum; con- + jungere to join. See Join, and cf. Conjugate, Conjunction. ] To join together; to unite. [ 1913 Webster ]

The English army, that divided was
Into two parties, is now conjoined in one. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

If either of you know any inward impediment why you should not be conjoined. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let that which he learns next be nearly conjoined with what he knows already. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To unite; to join; to league. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Her.) Joined together or touching. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. conjoint, p. p. of conjoindre. See Conjoin, and cf. Conjunct. ] United; connected; associated. “Influence conjoint.” Glover. [ 1913 Webster ]

Conjoint degrees (Mus.), two notes which follow each other immediately in the order of the scale, as ut and re. Johnson. --
Conjoint tetrachords (Mus.), two tetrachords or fourths, where the same note is the highest of one and the lowest of the other; -- also written conjunct. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a conjoint manner; untitedly; jointly; together. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being conjoint. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Shouting together for joy; rejoicing together. [ R. ] Neale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. conjugalis, fr. conjux husband, wife, consort, fr. conjungere to unite, join in marriage. See Conjoin. ] Belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial; connubial. “Conjugal affection.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The conjugal state; sexual intercourse. [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a conjugal manner; matrimonially; connubially. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Conjugated; p. pr. & vb. n. Conjugating. ] 1. To unite in marriage; to join. [ Obs. ] Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gram.) To inflect (a verb), or give in order the forms which it assumes in its several voices, moods, tenses, numbers, and persons. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. conjugatus, p. p. or conjugare to unite; con- + jugare to join, yoke, marry, jugum yoke; akin to jungere to join. See Join. ] 1. United in pairs; yoked together; coupled. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) In single pairs; coupled. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Chem.) Containing two or more compounds or radicals supposed to act the part of a single one. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Gram.) Agreeing in derivation and radical signification; -- said of words. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Math.) 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 axis of a hyperbola (Math.), the line through the center of the curve, perpendicular to the line through the two foci. --
Conjugate diameters (Conic Sections), two diameters of an ellipse or hyperbola such that each bisects all chords drawn parallel to the other. --
Conjugate focus (Opt.) See under Focus. --
Conjugate mirrors (Optics), two mirrors so placed that rays from the focus of one are received at the focus of the other, especially two concave mirrors so placed that rays proceeding from the principal focus of one and reflected in a parallel beam are received upon the other and brought to the principal focus. --
Conjugate point (Geom.), an acnode. See Acnode, and Double point. --
Self-conjugate triangle (Conic Sections), a triangle each of whose vertices is the pole of the opposite side with reference to a conic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. conjugatum a combining, etymological relationship. ] 1. 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. Abp. Bramhall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) A complex compound formed from the non-covalent union of two other comounds, behaving as a single compound. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. (Biol.) To unite in a kind of sexual union, as two or more cells or individuals among the more simple plants and animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. (Chem.) (Chem.) formed by the union of two compounds; as, a conjugated protein.
Syn. -- conjugate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. joined together especially in a pair or pairs.
Syn. -- conjugate, coupled. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. (Chem.) containing two or more double bonds each separated from the other by a single bond; -- of an organic compound or of the double bonds thus arranged. Conjugated double bonds have chemical and electronic properties different from those of isolated double bonds.
Syn. -- conjugate. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ L. conjugatio conjugation (in senses 1 & 3). ] 1. the act of uniting or combining; union; assemblage. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Mixtures and conjugations of atoms. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Two things conjoined; a pair; a couple. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The sixth conjugations or pair of nerves. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Gram.) (a) The act of conjugating a verb or giving in order its various parts and inflections. (b) A scheme in which are arranged all the parts of a verb. (c) A class of verbs conjugated in the same manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Biol.) A kind of sexual union; -- applied to a blending of the contents of two or more cells or individuals in some plants and lower animals, by which new spores or germs are developed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. relating to conjugation. Ellis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. conjugialis, fr. conjugium. Cf. Conjugal. ] Conjugal. [ R. ] Swedenborg. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] (Rom. Law) The marriage tie. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. conjunctus, p. p. See Conjoin. ] 1. United; conjoined; concurrent. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Her.) Same as Conjoined. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. conjunctio: cf. F. conjunction. See Conjoin. ] 1. The act of conjoining, or the state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league. [ 1913 Webster ]

He will unite the white rose and the red:
Smille heaven upon his fair conjunction. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Man can effect no great matter by his personal strength but as he acts in society and conjunction with others. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron.) The meeting of two or more stars or planets in the same degree of the zodiac; as, the conjunction of the moon with the sun, or of Jupiter and Saturn. See the Note under Aspect, n., 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Heavenly bodies are said to be in conjunction when they are seen in the same part of the heavens, or have the same longitude or right ascension. The inferior conjunction of an inferior planet is its position when in conjunction on the same side of the sun with the earth; the superior conjunction of a planet is its position when on the side of the sun most distant from the earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Gram.) A connective or connecting word; an indeclinable word which serves to join together sentences, clauses of a sentence, or words; as, and, but, if. [ 1913 Webster ]

Though all conjunctions conjoin sentences, yet, with respect to the sense, some are conjunctive and some disjunctive. Harris. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to a conjunction. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from L. conjunctivus connective. ] (Anat.) The mucous membrane which covers the external surface of the ball of the eye and the inner surface of the lids; the conjunctival membrane. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Joining; connecting. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the conjunctiva. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. conjunctivus. ] 1. Serving to unite; connecting together. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Closely united. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Conjunctive mood (Gram.), the mood which follows a conjunction or expresses contingency; the subjunctive mood. --
Conjunctive tissue (Anat.), the tissue found in nearly all parts of most animals. It yields gelatin on boiling, and consists of vriously arranged fibers which are imbedded protoplasmic cells, or corpuscles; -- called also cellular tissue and connective tissue. Adipose or fatty tissue is one of its many forms, and cartilage and bone are sometimes included by the phrase. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In conjunction or union; together. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being conjunctive. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) Inflammation of the conjunctiva. [ 1913 Webster ]