adjoin

The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia · 1910 · p. 8

t. & i. [In Fr. adjoindre, from Lat. adjungo: ad = to, and jun go = to join.] A. Transitive: *1. To join to. "To whose huge spoke ten you sand le er things Are mortised and adjoined." Shakesp.: Hamlet , iii. 3. 2. To be situated next to: as, His house adjoins mine. B. In trans.: To be immediately adjacent; to join as, Our houses adjoin.