rejoin

verb6

1. •
   To join again; to unite after separation.
2. •
   To come, or go, again into the presence of; to join the company of again.

   • Meet and rejoin me, in my pensive Grott. — 1737
3. •
   (US) To re-insert a patent claim, typically after allowance of a patent application, applied to patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement, based on rejoinder.
4. •
   To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's replication.
5. •
   To state in reply.

   • "Be careful what you do," rejoined another man's voice that I did not know, "lest someone see you digging, and scent us out." — 1898
6. •
   (no longer used) To answer to a reply.