Part 469

Con*jec"tur*a*ble (?; 135), a. Capable of being conjectured or guessed.

Con*jec"tur*al (?), a. [L. conjecturalis: cf. F. conjectural.] Dependent on conjecture; fancied; imagined; guessed at; undetermined; doubtful.

And mak'st conjectural fears to come into me. Shak.

A slight expense of conjectural analogy. Hugh Miller.

Who or what such editor may be, must remain conjectural. Carlyle.

Con*jec"tur*al*ist, n. A conjecturer. [R.] Month. rev.

Con*jec`tur*al"ly (?), n. That which depends upon guess; guesswork. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Con*jec`tur*al*ly, adv. In a conjectural manner; by way of conjecture. Boyle.

Con*jec"ture (; 135?), 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.

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

Conjectures, fancies, built on nothing firm. Milton.

Con*jec"ture, 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.

Human reason can then, at the best, but conjecture what will be. South.

Con*jec"ture, v. i. To make conjectures; to surmise; to guess; to infer; to form an opinion; to imagine.

Con*jec"tur*er (?), n. One who conjectures. Hobbes.

Con*join (?), 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.

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

If either of you know any inward impediment why you should not be conjoined. Shak.

Let that which he learns next be nearly conjoined with what he knows already. Locke.

Con*join", v. i. To unite; to join; to league. Shak.

Con*joined" (?), a. (Her.) Joined together or touching.

Con*joint" (?), a. [F. conjoint, p. p. of conjoindre. See Conjoin, and cf. Conjunct.] United; connected; associated. "Influence conjoint." Glover.

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.

Con*joint"ly, adv. In a conjoint manner; untitedly; jointly; together. Sir T. Browne.

Con*joint"ness, n. The quality of being conjoint.

Con*ju"bi*lant (?), a. Shouting together for joy; rejoicing together. [R.] Neale.

Con"ju*gal (?), 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.

Con`ju*gal"i*ty (?), n. The conjugal state; sexual intercourse. [R.] Milton.