Estop

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. Law To impede or prohibit by estoppel.
  • v. Archaic To stop up.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To impede or bar by estoppel.
  • v. To stop up, to plug
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To impede or bar by estoppel.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To bar; stop; debar; specifically, in law, to bar, prevent, or preclude, usually by one's own act. See estoppel.
    • Word Usage
    "I realized then at its urging that I must rise to fill an urgent void, that I must again estop the dike, that again I must needs for the good of this community stretch myself as a coat to cover the puddle, that Charlottesville might cross unsoiled."
    Verb Form
    estopped    estopping    estops   
    Form
    estophed    estopping   
     
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