Definition of "rejoin" in English

verb

1. To join again; to unite after separation.

2. To come, or go, again into the presence of; to join the company of again.

verb

1. (archaic) To state in reply.

2. (archaic, intransitive) To answer to a reply.

3. (law, intransitive) To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's replication.

4. (US patent law, nonstandard) To re-insert a patent claim, typically after allowance of a patent application, applied to patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement, based on rejoinder.