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<hw>Con*jec"ture</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Conjectured</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p.pr. & vb.n.</tt> <er>Conjecturing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>conjecturer</ets>. Cf. <er>Conject</er>.]</ety> <def>To arrive at by conjecture; to infer on slight evidence; to surmise; to guess; to form, at random, opinions concerning.</def>

<blockquote>Human reason can then, at the best, but <b>conjecture</b> what will be. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Conjecture</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con*jec"ture</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To make conjectures; to surmise; to guess; to infer; to form an opinion; to imagine.</def>

<h1>Conjecturer</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con*jec"tur*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who conjectures.</def>

<i>Hobbes.</i>

<h1>Conjoin</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con*join</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Conjoined</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p.pr. & vb.n.</tt> <er>Conjoining</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>conjoindre</ets>, fr. L. <ets>conjungere</ets>, <ets>-junctum</ets>; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>jungere</ets> to join. See <er>Join</er>, and cf. <er>Conjugate</er>, <er>Conjunction</er>.]</ety> <def>To join together; to unite.</def>

<blockquote>The English army, that divided was Into two parties, is now <b>conjoined</b> in one. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>If either of you know any inward impediment why you should not be <b>conjoined</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Let that which he learns next be nearly <b>conjoined</b> with what he knows already. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Conjoin</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con*join"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To unite; to join; to league.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Conjoined</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con*joined"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Joined together or touching.</def>

<h1>Conjoint</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con*joint"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>conjoint</ets>, p.p. of <ets>conjoindre</ets>. See <er>Conjoin</er>, and cf. <er>Conjunct</er>.]</ety> <def>United; connected; associated.</def> "Influence <i>conjoint</i>."

<i>Glover.</i>

<cs><col>Conjoint degrees</col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>two notes which follow each other immediately in the order of the scale, as <i>ut<i> and <i>re<i>.</cd></cs>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<cs><col>Conjoint tetrachords</col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, two tetrachords or fourths, where the same note is the highest of one and the lowest of the other; -- also written <asp>conjunct</asp>.

<h1>Conjointly</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con*joint"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a conjoint manner; untitedly; jointly; together.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Conjointness</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con*joint"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The qquality of being conjoint.</def>