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VERB (3)

1. lie adjacent to another or share a boundary;
- Example: "Canada adjoins the U.S."
- Example: "England marches with Scotland"
[syn: border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on]

2. be in direct physical contact with; make contact;
- Example: "The two buildings touch"
- Example: "Their hands touched"
- Example: "The wire must not contact the metal cover"
- Example: "The surfaces contact at this point"
[syn: touch, adjoin, meet, contact]

3. attach or add;
- Example: "I adjoin a copy of your my lawyer's letter"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] Corrections . . . should be, as remarks, adjoined by way of note. --Watts. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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 [1913 Webster] Note: The construction with to, on, or with is obsolete or obsolescent. [1913 Webster] 2. To join one's self. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] She lightly unto him adjoined side to side. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

adjoin v 1: lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" [syn: border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on] 2: 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" [syn: touch, adjoin, meet, contact] 3: attach or add; "I adjoin a copy of your my lawyer's letter"