Antonyms for conjugate


Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb kon-juh-geyt; adjective, noun kon-juh-git, -geyt
Phonetic Transcription : verb ˈkɒn dʒəˌgeɪt; adjective, noun ˈkɒn dʒə gɪt, -ˌgeɪt


Definition of conjugate

Origin :
  • 1520s, in grammatical sense; 1560s in literal sense, from Latin coniugatus, past participle of coniugare "to yoke together" (see conjugal). Earlier as an adjective (late 15c.). Related: Conjugated; conjugating.
  • verb combine
Example sentences :
  • Conjugate: to bring together in pairs: consisting of a single pair.
  • Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
  • As to you, 'new boy,' you will conjugate 'ridiculus sum' twenty times.
  • Extract from : « Madame Bovary » by Gustave Flaubert
  • I will not spare you,” said I; “this evening I intend to make you conjugate an Armenian verb.
  • Extract from : « The Romany Rye » by George Borrow
  • Thirsting to be amused, he could not conjugate the active verb "to amuse."
  • Extract from : « Godolphin, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Even Murray can only afford to conjugate one example,—To Love.
  • Extract from : « The Comic English Grammar » by Percival Leigh
  • It will be convenient to say that this line and the plane are conjugate with each other.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 5 » by Various
  • Maddy knew well what "conjugate" meant, but that verb Amo, what could it mean?
  • Extract from : « Aikenside » by Mary J. Holmes
  • These lines a and a′ are said to be conjugate with regard to the surface.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 » by Various
  • If every diameter is perpendicular to its conjugate the conic is a circle.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 » by Various
  • The Anglo-Saxon man wants him to learn to conjugate and wear suspenders.
  • Extract from : « Rolling Stones » by O. Henry

Synonyms for conjugate

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