adjoin : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: adjoin	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adjoin v lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" Synonym(s): border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on 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" Synonym(s): touch, adjoin, meet, contact attach or add; "I adjoin a copy of your my lawyer's letter"
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 \Adjoin"\ ([acr]djoin"), 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 Note: The construction with to, on, or with is obsolete or obsolescent. 2.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.