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Conjugate   /kˌɑndʒəgˈeɪt/  /kˈɑndʒəgˌeɪt/   Listen
Conjugate

noun
1.
A mixture of two partially miscible liquids A and B produces two conjugate solutions: one of A in B and another of B in A.  Synonym: conjugate solution.
verb
(past & past part. conjugated; pres. part. conjugating)
1.
Unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds.
2.
Add inflections showing person, number, gender, tense, aspect, etc..
3.
Undergo conjugation.
adjective
1.
Joined together especially in a pair or pairs.  Synonyms: conjugated, coupled.
2.
(of a pinnate leaflet) having only one pair of leaflets.
3.
Formed by the union of two compounds.  Synonym: conjugated.
4.
Of an organic compound; containing two or more double bonds each separated from the other by a single bond.  Synonym: conjugated.



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"Conjugate" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the academy had herself played dragon at his classes, all would have gone well. He would have made his pupils conjugate irregular verbs, rendered them adepts in the mysteries of the past participle and the subjunctive mood, and turned them out quite innocent of the idiomatic quaintnesses of the French tongue. But dis aliter visum. The gods always saw wrong-headedly otherwise in the case of Aristide. ...
— The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol • William J. Locke
... children or child geniuses who make a strong mark in their early years and drop into oblivion by the time they're twenty. Now, consider James Holden, sitting there discussing something with his attorney—I have no doubt in the world that he could conjugate Latin verbs, discuss the effect of the Fall of Rome on Western Civilization, and probably compute the orbit of an artificial satellite. But can James Holden fly a kite or shoot a marble? Has he ever had the fun of sliding into third base, or whittling on a peg, or any of the ...
— The Fourth R • George Oliver Smith
... made known as early as 1847.[J] After some days a little obtuse tube is protruded through the epispore, bearing at its apex long fusiform bodies, which are the sporules of the first generation. These conjugate by means of short transverse tubes, after the manner of the threads of Zygnema. Afterwards long elliptical sporules of the second generation are produced on short pedicels by the conjugated fusiform ...
— Fungi: Their Nature and Uses • Mordecai Cubitt Cooke
... Conjugate. adj. Conjugate coils or conductors are coils placed in such relation that the lines of force established by one do not pass through the coils of the other. Hence variations of current in one produce no ...
— The Standard Electrical Dictionary - A Popular Dictionary of Words and Terms Used in the Practice - of Electrical Engineering • T. O'Conor Slone
... conjugate amo, amas, amat, and the pupil droned it after him but the verb to love recalled a black-eyed lass who had stolen his heart in the Azores and he veered from the Latin lesson to confide that ...
— Blackbeard: Buccaneer • Ralph D. Paine


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