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ADJOINING
Etymology
Adjective
adjoining (comparative more adjoining, superlative most adjoining)
Being in contact at some point or line; joining to
Synonyms: contiguous, bordering
Synonyms
• adjacent
• bordering
Antonyms
• separated
Verb
adjoining
present participle of adjoin
Source: Wiktionary
Ad*join"ing, a.
Definition: 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.
ADJOIN
Ad*join", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adjoined; p. pr. & vb. n. Adjoining.] Etym: [OE. ajoinen, OF. ajoindre, F. adjoindre, fr. L. adjungere; ad + jungere to join. See Join, and cf. Adjunct.]
Definition: 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", 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Note: The construction with to, on, or with is obsolete or obsolescent.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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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