Conjugate
(verb)
- To inflect a verb for tense, mood, person, and number.
- To pair or match in a grammatical relationship, such as subject and verb.
- To unite or join in marriage or a sexual relationship.
Origin:
From the latin conjugare, meaning "to join together", from com- "together" + jugare "to join".
Examples:
- The conjugation of the verb "to be" is irregular in the English language.
- The subject and verb must be conjugated to agree in number.
- They have been conjugated for many years now.
- The scientist conjugated the bacteria in order to study the results.
- She said she would never conjugate with him.