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Webster 1913 Edition

Adjoin

Ad-join′

,
Verb.
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.

Ad-join′

(ăd-join′)
,
Verb.
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.
☞ The construction with to, on, or with is obsolete or obsolescent.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 1828 Edition

Adjoin

ADJOIN'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. adjungo, ad and jungo. See Join.]
To join or unite to; to put to, by placing in contact; to unite, by fastening together with a joint, mortise, or knot. But in these transitive senses, it is rarely used. [See Join.]

ADJOIN'

,
Verb.
I.
To lie or be next to, or in contact; to be contiguous; as, a farm adjoining to the highway. This is the common use of the word, and to is often omitted; as adjoining the highway.

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