conjugate Definition

conjugate
verb conjugated, conjugating

1a. grammar.
To give the inflected parts of (a verb), indicating number, person, tense, mood and voice;
intr
1b. grammar.
Said of a verb: to undergo inflection.
Example: The verb ‘to be' does not conjugate like more regular verbs in English
intr
2. biol.
To reproduce by conjugation.

adj

1. Joined, connected or coupled.
2. chem.
Said of an acid and base: related to each other in such a way that the acid is converted into the base¹ (noun 6) by losing a proton, and the base is converted into the acid by gaining a proton.
3. Said of words: having a common origin.

noun

1. A conjugate word or thing.

Etymology: 15c: from Latin conjugare, conjugatum to yoke together.