Part 2283

<h1>Conjugation</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con`ju*ga"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>conjugatio</ets> conjugation (in senses 1 & 3).]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>the act of uniting or combining; union; assemblage.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Mixtures and <b>conjugations</b> of atoms. <i>Bentley.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Two things conjoined; a pair; a couple.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The sixth <b>conjugations</b> or pair of nerves. <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The act of conjugating a verb or giving in order its various parts and inflections.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A scheme in which are arranged all the parts of a verb.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A class of verbs conjugated in the same manner.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Conjugational</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con`ju*ga"tion*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>relating to conjugation.</def>

<i>Ellis.</i>

<h1>Conjugial</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con*ju"gi*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>conjugialis</ets>, fr. <ets>conjugium</ets>. Cf. <er>Conjugal</er>.]</ety> <def>Conjugal.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Swedenborg.</i>

<h1>Conjugium</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con*ju"gi*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Rom. Law)</fld> <def>The marriage tie.</def>

<h1>Conjunct</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con*junct"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>conjunctus</ets>, p.p. See <er>Conjoin</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>United; conjoined; concurrent.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Conjoined</er>.</def>

<h1>Conjunction</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con*junc"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>conjunctio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>conjunction</ets>. See <er>Conjoin</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of conjoining, or the state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league.</def>

<blockquote>He will unite the white rose and the red: Smille heaven upon his fair <b>conjunction</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Man can effect no great matter by his personal strength but as he acts in society and <b>conjunction</b> with others. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>The meeting of two or more stars or planets in the same degree of the zodiac; <as>as, the <ex>conjunction</ex> of the moon with the sun, or of Jupiter and Saturn</as>. See the Note under <er>Aspect</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 6.</def>

<note>&hand; Heavenly bodies are said to be in <i>conjunction</i> when they are seen in the same part of the heavens, or have the same longitude or right ascension. The <i>inferior</i> conjunction of an inferior planet is its position when in conjunction on the same side of the sun with the earth; the <i>superior</i> conjunction of a planet is its position when on the side of the sun most distant from the earth.</note>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>A connective or connecting word; an indeclinable word which serves to join together sentences, clauses of a sentence, or words; <as>as, <ex>and</ex>, <ex>but</ex>, <ex>if</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>Though all <b>conjunctions</b> conjoin sentences, yet, with respect to the sense, some are conjunctive and some disjunctive. <i>Harris.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Conjunctional</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con*junc"tion*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to a conjunction.</def>