Meanings
present singular third person subjoins · participle present subjoining · participle past subjoined · past subjoined
- To add something to the end; to append or annex.
That he did not glory, however, in his mateless solitude[…] is pleasantly testified in the letter that is now subjoined.
1848, [William] Wilkie Collins, Memoirs of the Life of William Collins, Esq., R. A., volume I, London: Longman, […] , page 2271 more example
We subjoin an engraving […] which will give the reader a far better notion of the structure than any verbal description could convey to the mind.
1851–1861, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor; […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Griffin, Bohn, and Company, […], →OCLCSynonyms: underjoin
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo add something to the end; to append or annex.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*upó
- Proto-Italic*supo
- Latinsub
- Latinsub-
- Englishsub-
- Englishjoin
- Englishsubjoin
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with subjoin
Cite this entry
subjoin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subjoin
“subjoin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subjoin. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subjoin,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subjoin.
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