conjoiningn.
/kənˈdʒɔɪnɪŋ/ The action of joining together.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] > joining together
conjoiningc1386
joining1398
knittinga1420
accession1570
joindera1616
assemblage1728
annexation1765
association1775
c1386 G. Chaucer Second Nun's Tale 95 Or elles Cecile..Is ioyned by a manere conioynynge Of heuene and lia.
a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 240 Matrimony, then, is a coupling and conjoining of the man and the woman.
1653 R. Baxter Christian Concord 99 Building is conjoyning, and demolishing and destroying is dividing.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online January 2018).
conjoiningadj.
That conjoins; †adjoining.
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the world > space > distance > nearness > [adjective] > adjacent
joiningc1385
joinantc1405
adjacentc1425
adjoinant1429
adject?a1475
adjoined?1556
adjoining1577
conjoining1579
bystanding1622
annexed1634
verging1796
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [adjective] > joining
joining1483
knitting1532
conjoining1579
conjunctive1581
junctive1898
1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin i. 24 With many other contries conioyning.
c1624 R. Skynner Let. in R. Parr Life J. Usher (1686) Coll. cii. 351 Repentance is of a conjoyning and uniting nature, making the Sinner..nigh unto God.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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n.c1386adj.1579