rejoin

Verb

Verb Forms: rejoined, rejoining, rejoins

To join again, or to reply sharply.
join again
answer back
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.
To answer to a reply.
To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's replication.
To re-insert a patent claim, typically after allowance of a patent application, applied to patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement, based on rejoinder.

Examples

After a brief break, he was eager to REJOIN the online Words With Friends tournament.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English rejoynen, partly from Middle French rejoin- (stem of rejoindre, from re- (“again”) + joindre (“to join”)) and partly from re- + joynen. By surface analysis, re- + join. Doublet of rejoinder.

Synonyms

come back, repay, retort, return, riposte

Antonyms

disjoin, unjoin

Scrabble Score: 13

rejoin: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
rejoin: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
rejoin: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

rejoin: valid Words With Friends Word