Conjugate

kon′joo-gāt, v.t. ( gram. ) to give the various inflections or parts of a verb.— adj. joined: connected.— n. a word agreeing in derivation with another word.— adjs. Con′jugated , Conjugā′tional , Con′jugative , conjugate.— ns. Con′jugate ne ; Con′jugating ; Conjugā′tion , the act of joining: union: ( gram. ) a term applied to a connected view or statement of the inflectional changes of form that a verb undergoes in its various relations: a cla of verbs inflected in the same manner.— Conjugate axes , two axes in a conic section, such that each is parallel to the tangent at the extremity of the other; Conjugate foci (see Focus ); Conjugate mirrors , two mirrors set face to face so that the rays emitted from the focus of one are first reflected from it to the and thence to its focus; Conjugation of cells , a mode of reproduction in which two apparently similar cells unite, as in Amœba, Diatoms, . [L. conjugāre , -ātum — con , together, and jugāre — jugum , a yoke.]