Definition for CON-JU-GA'TION

CON-JU-GA'TION, n. [L. conjugatio.]

  1. A couple or pair; as, a conjugation of nerves. [Little used.] – Brown.
  2. The act of uniting or compiling; union; assemblage. – Bentley. Taylor.
  3. In grammar, the distribution of the several inflections or variations of a verb, in their different voices, modes, tenses, numbers and persons; a connected scheme of all the derivative forms of a verb.

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