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es⋅top

  [e-stop]
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–verb (used with object), -topped, -top⋅ping.
1. Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
2. Archaic. to stop.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME < AF estopper, OF estoper to stop up, deriv. of estoupe < L stuppa tow. Cf. stuff
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es·top   (ě-stŏp')   
tr.v.   es·topped, es·top·ping, es·tops
  1. Law To impede or prohibit by estoppel.
  2. Archaic To stop up.

[Middle English estoppen, from Anglo-Norman estopper, from Vulgar Latin *stuppāre, to stop up; see stop.]
es·top'page (ě-stŏp'ĭj) n.
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Estop

Es*top"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Estophed; p. pr. & vb. n. Estopping.] [OF. estoper to stop, plug, close, F. ['e]touper, LL. stuppare to close with tow, obstruct, fr. L. stuppa tow, oakum, cf. Gr. ?. Cf. Stop.] (Law) To impede or bar by estoppel.

A party will be estopped by his admissions, where his intent is to influence another, or derive an advantage to himself. --Abbott.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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estop 
1531, from Anglo-Fr. estopper "to stop, bar, hinder" (esp. in a legal sense, by one's own prior act or declaration), from O.Fr. estoupe, from L. stuppa "tow" (used as a plug); see stop (v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: es·top
Pronunciation: es-'täp
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: es·topped; es·top·ping
Etymology: Anglo-French estop(p)er, literally, to stop up, from Middle French estouper, ultimately from Latin stuppa hemp fiber (used for plugging holes)
: to impede or bar by estoppel
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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