Rejoins

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To come back into an established group after departing
2. to unite once more with others after a previous separation
3. To return to the company of others after being apart for some time

Etymology: "Rejoins" is the third-person singular form of "rejoin," a verb that combines "re-" (again) with "join," so it literally means to join again. The verb reached English through Middle French "rejoindre," which was built from the same two parts, and its Middle English form "rejoynen" appears in the language centuries before the modern spelling settled. The most interesting twist is that "rejoin" has a twin. It is a doublet of "rejoinder," the word for a reply or retort. Both descend from the same French stem, yet one kept the sense of reuniting and the other drifted toward answering back. The connection makes sense once you see that a rejoinder originally meant a response that rejoined an argument, linking the opposing side's point to one's own.

Synonyms: reunites, returns

Antonyms: leaves, depart