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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]: 
 
  Adjoining  \Ad*join"ing\,  a. 
  Joining  to  contiguous;  adjacent;  as  an  adjoining  room 
  ``The  adjoining  fane.''  --Dryden. 
 
  Upon  the  hills  adjoining  to  the  city.  --Shak. 
 
  Syn:  Adjacent;  contiguous;  near  neighboring;  abutting; 
  bordering.  See  {Adjacent}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  adjoining 
  adj  :  having  a  common  boundary  or  edge;  touching;  "abutting  lots"; 
  "adjoining  rooms";  "Rhode  Island  has  two  bordering 
  states;  Massachusetts  and  Conncecticut";  "the  side  of 
  Germany  conterminous  with  France";  "Utah  and  the 
  contiguous  state  of  Idaho"  [syn:  {abutting},  {adjacent}, 
  {bordering(a)},  {conterminous},  {contiguous}]




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