About The Word Adjoin
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Adjoin
Adjoin Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Adjoin?
[v] be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point"
[v] lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" Synonyms | Synonyms for Adjoin: contact | meet | touch Related Terms | Find terms related to Adjoin: abut | abut on | add | affix | agglutinate | annex | append | appose | attach | be contiguous | be in contact | befringe | bind | border | border on | bound | bring near | burden | butt | communicate | complicate | conjoin | connect | decorate | edge | encumber | end | enframe | frame | fringe | glue on | hem | hitch on | infix | join | join with | juxtapose | juxtaposit | lap | lie by | line | list | march | marge | margin | marginate | meet | neighbor | ornament | paste on | plus | postfix | prefix | purfle | purl | put with | rim | run into | saddle with | set off | side | skirt | slap on | stand by | subjoin | suffix | superadd | superpose | tack on | tag | tag on | touch | trim | unite with | verge | verge upon See Also | abut | adhere | adjoin | attach | border | butt | butt against | butt on | chafe | cleave | cling | cohere | cover | edge | fray | fret | hug | lean against | lean on | march | neighbor | neighbour | rest on | rub | scratch | skirt | spread over | stick | surround Adjoin In Webster's Dictionary \Ad*join"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adjoined}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Adjoining}.] [OE. ajoinen, OF. ajoindre, F. adjoindre,
fr. L. adjungere; ad + jungere to join. See {Join}, and cf.
{Adjunct}.]
To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact
with; to attach; to append.
Corrections . . . should be, as remarks, adjoined by
way of note. --Watts.
\Ad*join"\ ([a^]d*join"), v. i. 1. To lie or be next, or in contact; to be contiguous; as, the houses adjoin. When one man's land adjoins to another's. --Blackstone. Note: The construction with to, on, or with is obsolete or obsolescent. 2. To join one's self. [Obs.] She lightly unto him adjoined side to side. --Spenser. |
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