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▪ I. conjugating, vbl. n.|ˈkɒndʒʊgeɪtɪŋ|
[f. conjugate v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. conjugate.
1530Palsgr. Introd. 34 These mean verbes in theyr conjugatyng differ from verbes actyves. 1612Brinsley Lud. Lit. 60 But in the Verbes aboue all..making them [scholars] perfect..in coniugating. 1844Emerson Lect., New Eng. Ref. Wks. (Bohn) I. 262 Is that Greek and Latin some spell to conjure with?.. I will omit this conjugating, and go straight to affairs.
b. Comb. conjugating-tube, a short projecting tube by which conjugation is effected in some of the Algæ called Conjugatæ.
▪ II. ˈconjugating, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That conjugates; spec. in Biol.
(Often scarcely distinguishable from attrib. use of vbl. n.)
1851Carpenter Man. Phys. (ed. 2) 468 There is here no definite distinction of the sexes, the conjugating cells being apparently alike in their endowments. 1888Rolleston & Jackson Animal Life 256 When the conjugating individuals separate, ‘rejuvenescence’ sets in. Multiplication by fission then re-commences as before. Ibid. 822 When the conjugating individuals are invariably different, there is no reason why the terms male and female should not be applied to them. |