| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ad·join |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -join |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: ad·joined, ad·join·ing, ad·joins
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 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). | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To be contiguous. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English ajoinen, from Old French ajoindre, ajoin-, from Latin adiungere, to join to : ad-, ad- + iungere, to join; see yeug- in Appendix I.
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