adjoin Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
    march; abut; edge; butt; butt against; border; butt on.
    • Canada adjoins the U.S.
    • England marches with Scotland
  2. verb be in direct physical contact with; make contact
    touch; meet; contact.
    • The two buildings touch
    • Their hands touched
    • The wire must not contact the metal cover
    • The surfaces contact at this point
  3. verb attach or add
    • I adjoin a copy of your my lawyer's letter

WordNet

Ad*join" transitive verb
Etymology
OE. ajoinen, OF. ajoindre, F. adjoindre, fr. L. adjungere; ad + jungere to join. See Join, and cf. Adjunct.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Adjoined present participle & verbal noun Adjoining
Definitions
  1. 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.
Ad*join" intransitive verb
Definitions
  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.
    ✍ The construction with to, on, or with is obsolete or obsolescent.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.

Webster 1913