rejoin

Etymology

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

verb

1. To join again; to unite after separation.
   Soon after departure, we cross the invisible border into Scotland to enjoy more stunning coastal scenery, before the line finally swings inland at Burnmouth to traverse pine-clad valleys, shadowed by the A1 trunk road until we rejoin the coast at Cove, east of Dunbar. November 30 2022, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 75
2. To come, or go, again into the presence of; to join the company of again.
   Meet and rejoin me, in the pensive grot: c. 1733-38, Alexander Pope, “Imitations of Horace”, in William Warburton, editor, The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, volume II, published 1807, page 60
   The pair parted company and Stephen rejoined Mr Bloom who, with his practised eye, was not without perceiving that he had succumbed to the blandiloquence of the other parasite. Alluding to the encounter he said, laughingly, Stephen, that is: , Episode 16
   Williams had a problem fitting his left rear tyre and that left Alonso only 3.1secs adrift when he rejoined from his final stop three laps later. May 13, 2012, Andrew Benson, “Williams's Pastor Maldonado takes landmark Spanish Grand Prix win”, in BBC Sport
3. (archaic) To state in reply.
4. (archaic, intransitive): To answer to a reply.
5. (law, intransitive) To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's replication.
6. (patent law, nonstandard) 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To re-insert a patent claim, typically after allowance of a patent application, applied to patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement, based on rejoinder (patent law).