conjoint, a.
(kənˈdʒɔɪnt)
[a. F. conjoint (pa. pple. of conjoindre to conjoin) = It. congiunto:—L. conjunct-us conjunct.]
† I. 1. Orig. used as pa. pple. of conjoin v.
| 1393 Gower Conf. III. 127 Libra they ben and Sagittaire With Scorpio, which is conjoint With hem to stonde upon that point. 1536 Primer Hen. VIII, 148 In my faith to Christ conjoint. 1663 Gerbier Counsel 99 None will deny but that Greatnesse and Conveniency being conjoint fits best. 1694 Child Disc. Trade (ed. 4) 60 The abatement of interest conjoint with excises upon our home consumption. |
II. as adj.
2. United, combined, conjoined.
| 1725 Bradley Fam. Dict. II. s.v. Rose-Tree, These two conjoint Causes. 1794 Sullivan View Nat. II. 115 The conjoint operation of fire and water is tremendous. 1851 Nichol Archit. Heav. 172 Conjoint stars are divided into orders. 1874 Carpenter Ment. Phys. i. (1879) 199 The conjoint use of both eyes. |
b. Music. See conjunct.
| 1727–51 Chambers Cycl., Conjoint, or Conjunct, is applied in the antient music, in the same sense as consonant, to two or more sounds at the same time. Conjoint degrees, two notes which immediately follow each other in the order of the scale. |
3. Associated as a colleague.
| 1864 A. M{supc}Kay Hist. Kilmarnock (ed. 3) 131 A conjoint or colleague minister. |
4. Belonging to, or constituted by, two or more in combination.
| 1871 Macduff Mem. Patmos xxi. 285 It is the conjoint throne of Father and Son. 1879 Q. Rev. Apr. 420 Their conjoint guilt was proved. 1880 Haughton Phys. Geog. iv. 193 Their conjoint delta plain varies from 500 miles to 150 miles in width. |