Etymology dictionary. 2014.
Adjoin — Ad*join ([a^]d*join ), v. i. 1. To lie or be next, or in contact; to be contiguous; as, the houses adjoin. [1913 Webster] When one man s land adjoins to another s. Blackstone. [1913 Webster] Note: The construction with to, on, or with is obsolete … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjoin — [v1] be next to abut, approximate, be adjacent to, border, butt, communicate, connect, join, lie, lie beside, link, neighbor, touch, verge; concept 747 adjoin [v2] attach add, affix, annex, append, combine, connect, couple, interconnect, join,… … New thesaurus
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjoin — I verb abut on, adiacere, appose, attingere, be adjacent to, be contiguous to, be joined to, border on, cohere, conjoin, connect, converge, juxtapose, juxtaposit, lie beside, lie near to, meet, neighbor, place side by side, reach to, stand by,… … Law dictionary
adjoin — ► VERB ▪ be next to and joined with. ORIGIN Old French ajoindre, from Latin adjungere join to … English terms dictionary
adjoin — [ə join′] vt. [ME ajoinen < OFr ajoindre < L adjungere < ad , to (see AD ) + jungere: see JOIN] 1. to be next to; be contiguous to 2. to unite or annex (to a person or thing) vi. to be next to each other; be in contact … English World dictionary
adjoin — UK [əˈdʒɔɪn] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms adjoin : present tense I/you/we/they adjoin he/she/it adjoins present participle adjoining past tense adjoined past participle adjoined formal to be next to and connected to another… … English dictionary
adjoin — /euh joyn /, v.t. 1. to be close to or in contact with; abut on: His property adjoins the lake. 2. to attach or append; affix. v.i. 3. to be in connection or contact: the point where the estates adjoin. [1275 1325; ME a(d)joinen < MF ajoindre.… … Universalium
adjoin — verb /əˈdʒɔɪn/ a) To be in contact or connection with. The living room and dining room adjoin each other. b) To extend an algebraic object (e.g. a field, a ring etc.) by adding to it (an element not belonging to it) and all finite power series of … Wiktionary
adjoin — verb Adjoin is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑land, ↑room … Collocations dictionary
