Cŏn'ju-gā'tion, n.

n. [Lat. conjugatio.]

1. The act of uniting or compiling; union; assemblage. [Obs.] “Mixtures and conjugations of atoms.” Bentley.
2. That which is conjoined or conjugated; as, a conjugation of nerves. [Obs.] Browne.
3. (Gram.) (a.) The act of distributing the several inflections or variations of a verb, in their different voices, modes, tenses, numbers, and persons. (b.) A scheme in which are arranged all the parts of a verb. (c.) A class of verbs conjugated in the same manner.
4. (Physiol.) A kind of sexual union;—applied to a blending of the contents of two cells in some plant-infusoria, which is of a sexual character, and results in producing spores, i. e., the germs of new individuals. Carpenter.