v., -gat·ed, -gat·ing, -gates. v.tr.
- Grammar. To inflect (a verb) in its forms for distinctions such as number, person, voice, mood, and tense.
- To join together.
- Biology. To undergo conjugation.
- Grammar. To be inflected.
- Joined together, especially in a pair or pairs; coupled.
- Mathematics & Physics. Inversely or oppositely related with respect to one of a group of otherwise identical properties, especially designating either or both of a pair of complex numbers differing only in the sign of the imaginary term.
- Chemistry. Relating to an acid and a base that are related by the difference of a proton.
- Linguistics. Derived from a common source, such as the words foul and filth.
- Mathematics & Physics. Any of a set of numbers that satisfy the same irreducible polynomial.
- Chemistry. A chemical compound that has been formed by the joining of two or more compounds.
[Latin coniugāre, coniugāt-, to join together : com-, com- + iugāre, to join (from iugum, yoke).]
conjugately con'ju·gate'ly adv.conjugative con'ju·ga'tive adj.
conjugator con'ju·ga'tor n.





