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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Adjoin \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Adjoin \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 Note: The construction with to on or with is obsolete or obsolescent. 2.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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: adjoin v 1: lie adjacent to another; "Canada adjoins the U.S." [syn: {border}, {edge}, {abut}, {butt}, {butt against}, {butt on}] 2: be in contact with [syn: {touch}, {meet}]
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