Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Adjoin"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Corrections . . . should be, as remarks, adjoined by
way of note. --Watts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Adjoin \Ad*join"\ ([a^]d*join"), v. i.
1. To lie or be next, or in contact; to be contiguous; as,
the houses adjoin.
When one man's land adjoins to another's.
--Blackstone.
Note: The construction with to, on, or with is obsolete or
obsolescent.
2. To join one's self. [Obs.]
She lightly unto him adjoined side to side.
--Spenser.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
adjoin
v 1: lie adjacent to another; "Canada adjoins the U.S." [syn: {border},
{edge}, {abut}, {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}, {meet}, {contact}]
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