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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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