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Webster 1913 Edition

Conjugation

Conˊju-ga′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
conjugatio
conjugation (in senses 1 & 3).]
1.
the act of uniting or combining; union; assemblage.
[Obs.]
Mixtures and
conjugations
of atoms.
Bentley.
2.
Two things conjoined; a pair; a couple.
[Obs.]
The sixth
conjugations
or pair of nerves.
Sir T. Browne.
3.
(Gram.)
(a)
The act of conjugating a verb or giving in order its various parts and inflections.
(b)
A scheme in which are arranged all the parts of a verb.
(c)
A class of verbs conjugated in the same manner.
4.
(Biol.)
A kind of sexual union; – applied to a blending of the contents of two or more cells or individuals in some plants and lower animals, by which new spores or germs are developed.

Webster 1828 Edition

Conjugation

CONJUGATION

,
Noun.
[L.]
1.
A couple or pair; as a conjugation of nerves. [Little used.]
2.
The act of uniting or compiling; union; assemblage.
3.
In grammar, the distribution of the several inflections or variations of a verb, in their different voices, modes, tenses, numbers and persons; a connected scheme of all the derivative forms of a verb.

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