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rejoin (1)

re·join [ ree jóyn ] (past and past participle re·joined, present participle re·join·ing, 3rd person present singular re·joins)


transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. return to somebody after being apart: to meet up again with somebody, or go back to somebody or something, after a usually brief period of being away or apart

2. become member again: to become a member again of an organization or group that you formerly belonged to

3. join together again: to join two things together again, or become joined together or merged with something again

[Mid-16th century. <re- + join]
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