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ad⋅join

  [uh-join]
Use adjoin in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to be close to or in contact with; abut on: His property adjoins the lake.
2. to attach or append; affix.
–verb (used without object)
3. to be in connection or contact: the point where the estates adjoin.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME a(d)joinen < MF ajoindre. See ad-, join
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ad·join   (ə-join')   
v.   ad·joined, ad·join·ing, ad·joins

v.   tr.

  1. To be next to; be contiguous to: property that adjoins ours.

  2. To attach: "I do adjoin a copy of the letter that I have received" (John Fowles).

v.   intr.
To be contiguous.

[Middle English ajoinen, from Old French ajoindre, ajoin-, from Latin adiungere, to join to : ad-, ad- + iungere, to join; see yeug- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

adjoin 
c.1325, from O.Fr. ajoin- stem of ajoindre, from L. adjungere "join to," from ad- "to" + jungere "to bind together" (see jugular).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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