rejoin

Meaning

Verb

• To join again; to unite after separation.
• To come, or go, again into the presence of; to join the company of again.
• To state in reply; -- followed by an object clause.
• : To answer to a reply.
• To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's replication.
• in US patent law To re-insert a patent claim, typically after allowance of a patent application, applied to patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement, based on rejoinder .

Origin

• French rejoindre; pref. re- re- + joindre to join. See join, and confer rejoinder.