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From below the trichogyne, however, spring several branches, which run to the ends of adjacent branches, with the apical cells of which they conjugate, and the result of this conjugation is the development of a cystocarp similar to that of Coleochćte.

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  1. noun The act of conjugating.
  2. noun The state of being conjugated.
  3. noun Grammar The inflection of a particular verb.
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  • From below the trichogyne, however, spring several branches, which run to the ends of adjacent branches, with the apical cells of which they conjugate, and the result of this conjugation is the development of a cystocarp similar to that of Coleochćte. —  Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886
  • If such a conjugation is admitted, we may expect to see —  The Grammar of English Grammars
  • These suffixes contribute largely to give the language its external appearance; and while a thorough and scientific study of them cannot be given here, enough will be presented to show some of the special developments of Mistral's language in this direction. — a. This suffix marks the infinitive of the first conjugation, and also the past participle. —  Frederic Mistral
  • As the first conjugation is a so-called “living” conjugation, it is the termination of many new verbs. — a, — ado. — ado is the termination of the feminine of the past participle. —  Frederic Mistral
  • From below the trichogyne, however, spring several branches, which run to the ends of adjacent branches, with the apical cells of which they conjugate, and the result of this conjugation is the development of a cystocarp similar to that of Coleochæte. —  Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886
 

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  1. = French conjugaison = Provencal conjugatio = Spanish conjugacion = Portuguese conjugação = Italian conjugazione = Dutch conjugatie = German conjugation = Danish Swedish konjugation, from . L. conjugatio(n-), a joining, etymological relationship, in Late Latin conjugation (for which the earlier term was declinatio(n-): see declension), from conjugare, past participle conjugatus, join: see conjugate, v.
 

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