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English Dictionary: adjoining by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Adjoining \Ad*join"ing\, a.
      Joining to; contiguous; adjacent; as, an adjoining room.
      [bd]The adjoining fane.[b8] --Dryden.
  
               Upon the hills adjoining to the city.      --Shak.
  
      Syn: Adjacent; contiguous; near; neighboring; abutting;
               bordering. See {Adjacent}.

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.
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