adjoin

Verb
Synonyms: borderedgeabutmarchbuttbutt againstbutt ontouchmeetcontact

WordNet 3.0

Verb (3)

  1. lie adjacent to another or share a boundary“Canada adjoins the U.S.”“England marches with Scotland”Synonyms: borderedgeabutmarchbuttbutt againstbutt 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”Synonyms: touchmeetcontact
  3. attach or add“I adjoin a copy of your my lawyer's letter”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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Note: The construction with to, on, or with is obsolete or obsolescent.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]
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