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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1490-1625
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Conjone, -joyn(e, -june, v. Also: -jon, -join(e, -juine. [ME. conjoyne, -joigne (Chaucer), OF. conjoign-, conjoindre. The various Sc. spellings represent the vowel ö.]
1. tr. To join together, unite.(a) c1490 Irland Asl. MS. I. 53/5.
Cherite recoveris him agane and coniunis him with God a1499 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 369.
Quha euer ȝit had coniunit in a persoun Sa profund meiknes with sa hie excellens 1513 Doug. i. ii. 36.
The farest … In ferm wedlok I sal coniune to thé 1531 Bell. Boece I. 16.
We are conjunit togidder in blud and amite 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 82/18.
It var verray necessare … that baytht the realmis var coniunit to giddir c1550 Rolland Court of Venus iii. 468.
Not thay be law deuine At kirk dur war coniunit and vnite 1562-3 Winȝet I. 68/10.
Our nobilis … to quhome … we ar in mony greis of luue naturalie coniunit 1596 Dalr. II. 9/21.
Wilȝeam Sincler … and Duncan erle of Fife, coniuneng thair forces and counsel, dingis bak the Inglismen 1596 Ib. 270/1.
Lenox … coniunet him to the factious persounes, contrare the quene(b) 1513 Doug. iii. vii. 8.
Anchises, that worthy was … With fair Venus conionyt for to be 1533 Bell. Livy I. 65/33.
He commandit Mecius to conione all his folkis togiddir … with Romanis 1533 Ib. 100/23. 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 214.
Ȝe ar conionit ane fleshe and saulis twa 1562-3 Winȝet II. 14 (heading).
In the catalogue of Gennadius, quhilk is conionit with the catalogue of S. Hierome 1588 King Catechism H ij.
I thocht it necessar to conionne the awld kallendar with the reformeit 1604 Craig i. 8.
Yet in this poynt our kindnes I conione(c) 1513 Doug. iv. iii. 69.
In sovir wedlok I sal conioyn hir thar 1513 Ib. xiii. vi. 193.
My goddis … I sall with ȝou conioyn ?1549 Monro W. Isles 22.
To the Ile of Yla wes conjoynit the Iles of Dewra [etc.] c1568 Lauder Minor P. i. 253.
Quho so thus with Christ conioynit be 1596 Dalr. I. 12/11.
Tha name al thair cuntreyes … frome the worde strath … conioynet to the nerrest riuer 1625 Garden Kings 47.
How soone he did thame to the Danes conjoine [: soone] 1620 Edinburgh Testaments L. 314 b.
My bodie to be honestlie buriet in the earth to remain thairintill quhill saule and bodie be conioynit togidder
2. intr. a. To enter into conjunction or union.1513 Doug. Æn. Comm. v/2.
Gif he [Jupiter] conionys with a frawart planete, sik as Mars, or Saturn, he meysis ther wreth
b. To encounter in conflict.c1590 J. Stewart 31/29.
So to combat conioins the knychtis keine c1590 Fowler 48/36.
Bold Hanniball, who stoutlye did with the Romans conione [: sone]
