conjugation : Idioms & Phrases

Index

Multiple conjugation

  • (Biol.), a coalescence of many cells (as where an indefinite number of amoeboid cells flow together into a single mass) from which conjugation proper and even fertilization may have been evolved.
Webster 1913

Periphrastic conjugation

  • (Gram.), a conjugation formed by the use of the simple verb with one or more auxiliaries.
Webster 1913

Strong conjugation

  • (Gram.), the conjugation of a strong verb; called also old, ∨ irregular, conjugation, and distinguished from the weak, ∨ regular, conjugation.
Webster 1913

Weak conjugation

  • (Gram.), the conjugation of weak verbs; called also new, ∨ regular, conjugation, and distinguished from the old, or irregular, conjugation.
Webster 1913