rejoin

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

rejoin
    v 1: join again
    2: answer back [syn: {retort}, {come back}, {repay}, {return},
       {riposte}, {rejoin}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Rejoin \Re*join"\ (r?-join"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rejoined}
   (-joind"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rejoining}.] [F. rejoindre; pref.
   re- re- + joindre to join. See {Join}, and cf. {Rejoinder}.]
   1. To join again; to unite after separation.
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   2. To come, or go, again into the presence of; to join the
      company of again.
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            Meet and rejoin me, in the pensive grot. --Pope.
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   3. To state in reply; -- followed by an object clause.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Rejoin \Re*join"\, v. i.
   1. To answer to a reply.
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   2. (Law) To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's
      replication.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

32 Moby Thesaurus words for "rejoin":
      acknowledge, answer, answer back, come back, come back at, come in,
      confute, countercharge, counterclaim, echo, flash back,
      give acknowledgment, give answer, make a rebuttal, react, rebut,
      reecho, refute, reply, respond, retort, return, return answer,
      return for answer, reverberate, riposte, say, say in reply,
      shoot back, surrebut, surrejoin, talk back