conjunct. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

conjunct

SYLLABICATION:	con·junct
PRONUNCIATION:	kn-jngkt, knjngkt
ADJECTIVE:	1. Joined together; united. 2. Acting in association; combined: “the conjunct . . . influences of fire and strong drink” (Thomas Love Peacock). 3. Music Of or relating to successive tones of the scale, moving step by step: conjunct motion; a conjunct melody.
NOUN:	(knjngkt)1. One that is in conjunction or association with another. 2. Logic One of the components of a conjunction.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English, from Latin coninctus, past participle of coniungere, to join together. See conjoin.
OTHER FORMS:	con·junctly —ADVERB


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