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Adjoin   /ədʒˈɔɪn/   Listen
verb
Adjoin  v. t.  (past & past part. adjoined; pres. part. adjoining)  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."


Adjoin  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 "When one man's land adjoins to another's." Note: The construction with to, on, or with is obsolete or obsolescent.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."





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... and the Black Town {226} adjoin the fortified portions, and are considerably larger. In the Open Town, the streets are very regular and broad, more so than any other Indian city that I saw; they are also carefully watered. I observed many houses decorated with artistically-carved wooden pillars, ...
— A Woman's Journey Round the World • Ida Pfeiffer
... London Bridge, that the diseases prevalent in these districts are highly indicative of malarious influences, fever-and-ague being very prevalent; and that the sickness and mortality are greatest in those localities which adjoin imperfectly drained lands, and far exceed the usual average; and that ague and allied disorders frequently extend to the high grounds in the vicinity. In those districts where a partial drainage has been effected, ...
— Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health • George E. Waring
... is the "ring-fence match," which happens everywhere. Two estates, or plantations, or farms adjoin, and there is an only son in one, and an only daughter in the other; and the world, and fathers, and mothers, think what a suitable match it would be, and what a grand thing a ring-fence is, and they cook it up in the most fashionable style, and the parties most concerned take no interest ...
— Nature and Human Nature • Thomas Chandler Haliburton
... prison, and senate house ought to adjoin the forum, but in such a way that their dimensions may be proportionate to those of the forum. Particularly, the senate house should be constructed with special regard to the importance of the town or ...
— Ten Books on Architecture • Vitruvius
... minister, who has earned the confidence of his flock, and the goodwill of many about him. Like every other parson he is not quite perfect; but he appears to be suitable for the district, and with a salary of 300 pounds per annum is, we hope, happy. Day and Sunday schools adjoin the Church. At the former, there is an average attendance of 180; at the latter of 400. A capital library is attached to the schools. Orange and other societies for the maintenance of Protestantism, and the support of "Our ...
— Our Churches and Chapels • Atticus


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