Webster's Dictionary 1913

6859

Conjectural

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 com...

6860

Conjecturalist

Con‐jec″tur‐al‐ist, n. A conjecturer. Month. rev.

6861

Conjecturally

Con‐jec′tur‐al″ly (?), n. That which depends upon guess; guesswork. Sir T. Browne.

6862

Conjecturally (2)

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

6863

Conjecture

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.] ...

6864

Conjecture (2)

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 su...

6865

Conjecture (3)

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

6866

Conjecturer

Con‐jec″tur‐er (?), n. One who conjectures. Hobbes.

6867

Conjoin

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, Con...

6868

Conjoin (2)

Con‐join″, v. i. To unite; to join; to league. Shak.

6869

Conjoined

Con‐joined″ (?), a.(Her.) Joined together or touching.

6870

Conjoint

Con‐joint″ (?), a. [F. conjoint, p. p. of conjoindre. See Conjoin, and cf. Conjunct.] United; connected; associated. “Influence conjoint.” Glover.Conjoint degrees(Mus.), two not...

6871

Conjointly

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

6872

Conjointness

Con‐joint″ness, n. The quality of being conjoint.

6873

Conjubilant

Con‐ju″bi‐lant (?), a. Shouting together for joy; rejoicing together. Neale.

6874

Conjugal

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 ...

6875

Conjugality

Con′ju‐gal″i‐ty (?), n. The conjugal state; sexual intercourse. Milton.

6876

Conjugally

Con″ju‐gal‐ly (?), adv. In a conjugal manner; matrimonially; connubially.

6877

Conjugate

Con″ju‐gate (?), a. [L. conjugatus, p. p. or conjugare to unite; con- + jugare to join, yoke, marry, jugum yoke; akin to jungere to join. See Join.] 1. United in pairs; yoked to...

6878

Conjugate (2)

Con′ju‐gate (?), n. [L. conjugatum a combining, etymological relationship.] 1. A word agreeing in derivation with another word, and therefore generally resembling it in signific...

6879

Conjugate (3)

Con″ju‐gate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Conjugated; p. pr. & vb. n.Conjugating.] 1. To unite in marriage; to join. Sir H. Wotton.2. (Gram.) To inflect (a verb), or give in order the...

6880

Conjugate (4)

Con″ju‐gate, v. i.(Biol.) To unite in a kind of sexual union, as two or more cells or individuals among the more simple plants and animals.

6881

Conjugation

Con′ju‐ga″tion (?), n. [L. conjugatio conjugation (in senses 1 & 3).] 1. the act of uniting or combining; union; assemblage.Mixtures and conjugations of atoms.Bentley.2. Two thi...

6882

Conjugational

Con′ju‐ga″tion‐al (?), a. relating to conjugation. Ellis.

6883

Conjugial

Con‐ju″gi‐al (?), a. [L. conjugialis, fr. conjugium. Cf. Conjugal.] Conjugal. Swedenborg.

6884

Conjugium

‖Con‐ju″gi‐um (?), n.(Rom. Law) The marriage tie.

6885

Conjunct

Con‐junct″ (?), a. [L. conjunctus, p. p. See Conjoin.] 1. United; conjoined; concurrent.2. (Her.) Same as Conjoined.