Definitions
1.verbTo join again; to unite after separation.
2.verbTo come, or go, again into the presence of; to join the company of again.
3.verbTo state in reply; -- followed by an object clause.
4.verb: To answer to a reply.
5.verbTo answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's replication.
6.verbIn US patent law To re-insert a patent claim, typically after allowance of a patent application, applied to patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement, based on rejoinder .