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Conjugate   /kˌɑndʒəgˈeɪt/  /kˈɑndʒəgˌeɪt/   Listen
noun
Conjugate  n.  
1.
A word agreeing in derivation with another word, and therefore generally resembling it in signification. "We have learned, in logic, that conjugates are sometimes in name only, and not in deed."
2.
(Chem.) A complex compound formed from the non-covalent union of two other comounds, behaving as a single compound. (R.)


verb
Conjugate  v. t.  (past & past part. conjugated; pres. part. conjugating)  
1.
To unite in marriage; to join. (Obs.)
2.
(Gram.) To inflect (a verb), or give in order the forms which it assumes in its several voices, moods, tenses, numbers, and persons.


Conjugate  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.


adjective
Conjugate  adj.  
1.
United in pairs; yoked together; coupled.
2.
(Bot.) In single pairs; coupled.
3.
(Chem.) Containing two or more compounds or radicals supposed to act the part of a single one. (R.)
4.
(Gram.) Agreeing in derivation and radical signification; said of words.
5.
(Math.) Presenting themselves simultaneously and having reciprocal properties; frequently used in pure and applied mathematics with reference to two quantities, points, lines, axes, curves, etc.
Conjugate axis of a hyperbola (Math.), the line through the center of the curve, perpendicular to the line through the two foci.
Conjugate diameters (Conic Sections), two diameters of an ellipse or hyperbola such that each bisects all chords drawn parallel to the other.
Conjugate focus (Opt.) See under Focus.
Conjugate mirrors (Optics), two mirrors so placed that rays from the focus of one are received at the focus of the other, especially two concave mirrors so placed that rays proceeding from the principal focus of one and reflected in a parallel beam are received upon the other and brought to the principal focus.
Conjugate point (Geom.), an acnode. See Acnode, and Double point.
Self-conjugate triangle (Conic Sections), a triangle each of whose vertices is the pole of the opposite side with reference to a conic.





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"Conjugate" Quotes from Famous Books



... said in my last chapter, I planned—and planned—but I might as well conjugate it, as many others assisted—it was I planned, thou plannedst, he planned, we planned, ye planned, and they planned—and what annoyed me was, that I could not help considering that "the whole house was in a committee," and without ...
— Olla Podrida • Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat)
... have been a curious sort of an institution," said the judge. "Probably you can tell me how to conjugate the verb 'to be,' and just mention, also, what you know ...
— Elbow-Room - A Novel Without a Plot • Charles Heber Clark (AKA Max Adeler)
... easy verb to conjugate. One gets into trouble enough, in floundering through its manifold nuances, which range inevitably through the bold-faced 'I love', the confident 'I will love', the hopeful 'I may be loved', and so on to the wistful, pitiful Pluperfect Subjunctive Passive, 'I might have been loved if'—Then ...
— The Cords of Vanity • James Branch Cabell et al
... thinking,' he said. 'You were thinking; he, she, or it was thinking. Well, my good people, you may stop all your life in Buenos Ayres and conjugate the verb "to think"; but if you'll take my advice you will put a shoulder to the wheel of life, and try to ...
— Our Home in the Silver West - A Story of Struggle and Adventure • Gordon Stables
... thou wouldst rebuke thy master and thy preceptor. Betake thee to thy couch, and sleep off the effects of thy drink. Verily, Jacob, thou art plenus Veteris Bacchi; or, in plain English, thou art drunk. Canst thou conjugate, Jacob? I fear not. Canst thou decline, Jacob? I fear not. Canst thou scan, Jacob? I fear not. Nay, Jacob, methinks that thou art unsteady in thy gait, and not over clear in thy vision. Canst thou ...
— Jacob Faithful • Captain Frederick Marryat


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