Conjugation

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. the act of uniting or combining; union; assemblage. [Obs.] Mixtures and conjugations of atoms. Bentley.

2. Two things conjoined; a pair; a couple. [Obs.] The sixth conjugations or pair of nerves. Sir T. Browne.

3. The act of conjugating a verb or giving in order its various parts and inflections.

4. A scheme in which are arranged all the parts of a verb.

5. A class of verbs conjugated in the same manner.

6. A kind of sexual union; -- applied to a blending of the contents of two or more cells or individuals in some plants and lower animals, by which new spores or germs are developed.